Balanoglossus is an ocean-dwelling acorn worm (Enteropneusta) genus of great zoological interest because, being a Hemichordate, it is an `evolutionary link` between invertebrates and vertebrates. Balanoglossus is a deuterostome, and resembles the Ascidians or sea squirts, in that it possesses branchial openings, or `gill slits`, but differs in...
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• (n.) A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.
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Bal`a·no·glos'sus noun [ New Latin , from Greek
ba`lanos acorn +
glw^ssa tongue.]
(Zoöl) A peculiar marine worm. See
Enteropneusta , and
Tornaria .
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