Name:Brachytongue
Alias:Glossobalanus mortenseni
Outline:Hemichordata
Family:Balanoglossida Ptychoderidae Glossobalanus
length:35mm
IUCN:Level 2
Glossobalanus mortenseni (scientific name: Glossobalanus mortenseni) is an enterobranchial animal distributed along the coast of the Sea of Japan and the coast of China. It belongs to the genus Glossobalanus of the family Glossobalanus. It was described and named by Dutch scholar Cornelius Jan van der Horst in 1932.
Included in the "China National Key Protected Wild Animals List" Level 2.