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Balanoglossus
Balanoglossus is an ocean-dwelling Acorn worm (Enteropneusta) genus of great zoological interest because it is, like all Hemichordates, 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 no notochord and no chorda.
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