Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Balanoglossus aurantiacus   (Girard, 1853)

Golden acorn worm

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Enteropneusta | Not assigned | Ptychoderidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Demersal.  Subtropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1381)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Cameron, C.B. 2005 A phylogeny of the hemichordates based on morphological characters. Can. J. Zool. 83:196-215. (Ref. 1185)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)	High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):	Unknown.

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