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Glossobalanus berkeleyi. Photo from the BJ Swalla collection

Image of Glossobalanus berkeleyi Willey 1931

Description:

This hemichordate is a Ptychoderidae, as evidenced by a short proboscis and the prominent black hepatic sacs in the posterior abdominal region. Enteropneust hemichordates have an anterior proboscis, a neck region, and then the abdominal region, which contains the gill slits and gonads.

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