Balanoglossus+gigas!


 * __Balanoglossus gigas__**
 * **Common Name**: none
 * **Class**: Enteropneusta
 * **Location**: Gulf of Mexico, Indo-pacific, Southwest Atlantic
 * **Size**: 150 cm, up to 6 feet
 * **Habitat**: tropical, burrow in seabed
 * **Living Requirements**: consume sediment and digest organic matter, collect suspended particles from water
 * **Life Cycle**: eggs hatch into larva, eventually change into tiny adults
 * **Male and Female**: no differences
 * **Interesting Facts**: has gill slits, evolutionary link between vertebrates and invertebrates, body: acorn shaped proboscis, short collar, long trunk
 * **Human Impact**: none



http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266573 http://www.britannica.com/facts/5/105918/Balanoglossus-gigas-as-discussed-in-acorn-worm-hemichordate http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=61031 http://www.getdomainpics.com/keyword/balanoglossus%20gigas/ http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/hemichordata.html
 * Zookeeper: Tori Lopez**
 * References**