The global diversity of Hemichordata

MG Tassia, JT Cannon, CE Konikoff, N Shenkar… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Phylum Hemichordata, composed of worm-like Enteropneusta and colonial Pterobranchia,
has been reported to only contain about 100 species. However, recent studies of …

What explains patterns of diversification and richness among animal phyla?

T Jezkova, JJ Wiens - The American Naturalist, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Animal phyla vary dramatically in species richness (from one species to> 1.2 million), but the
causes of this variation remain largely unknown. Animals have also evolved striking …

Diversification of acorn worms (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) revealed in the deep sea

KJ Osborn, LA Kuhnz, IG Priede… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Enteropneusts (phylum Hemichordata), although studied extensively because of their close
relationship to chordates, have long been considered shallow-water, burrowing animals …

An anatomical description of a miniaturized acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) with asexual reproduction by paratomy

K Worsaae, W Sterrer, S Kaul-Strehlow… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The interstitial environment of marine sandy bottoms is a nutrient-rich, sheltered habitat
whilst at the same time also often a turbulent, space-limited, and ecologically challenging …

Deep-sea acorn worms (Enteropneusta) from the Bering Sea with the description of a new genus and a new species of Torquaratoridae dominating soft-bottom …

OV Ezhova, AI Lukinykh, SV Galkin, EM Krylova… - Deep Sea Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Five species of deep-sea acorn worms (Enteropneusta) were found in the Bering Sea during
cruises of the RV Akademik MA Lavrentyev in 2016, 2018, and 2021. The worms were …

Using experimental decay of modern forms to reconstruct the early evolution and morphology of fossil enteropneusts

K Nanglu, JB Caron, CB Cameron - Paleobiology, 2015 - cambridge.org
Decay experiments are becoming a more widespread tool in evaluating the fidelity of the
fossil record. Character interpretations of fossil specimens stand to benefit from an …

[HTML][HTML]  Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand

P Jirapatrasilp, G Cuny, L Kocsis, C Sutcharit… - ZooKeys, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract Based on several field investigations, many molluscan shells and chondrichthyan
teeth, together with other invertebrate and actinopterygian remains were found from the …

Hemichordata (Pterobranchia, Enteropneusta) and the fossil record

J Maletz - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2014 - Elsevier
The Hemichordata are generally interpreted as early deuterostomes, closely related to the
chordates, a notion important for modern analyses of the origin of the deuterostomes …

Occurrence of an unidentified harrimaniid acorn worm in the genus Stereobalanus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) from the Japan Trench hadal zone

H Kajihara, J Abato, M Matsushita - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2023 - Elsevier
A number of soft fragments of uncertain identity, mostly taking a form of a disk or button, were
found among trawled material from the hadal zone (7426–7654 m in depth) in the Japan …

Deep-sea surface-dwelling enteropneusts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: their ecology, distribution and mode of life

DOB Jones, CHS Alt, IG Priede, WDK Reid… - Deep Sea Research …, 2013 - Elsevier
The ecology, distribution and mode of life of three species of surface-dwelling enteropneusts
is described, based on ROV observations and samples on the flanks of the Northern Mid …