B. Notochord with no vermiform process; pericardium simple; ventral part of pharynx large, and sometimes more or less separated from the branchial part (Fig. 4).

(a) Liver-sacs,[[26]] synapticula and nerve-roots present. .......... Ptychoderidae

(i.) Genital wings well developed.

(α) Gill-sacs opening by long slits. .......... Ptychodera, Eschsch.

(β) Gill-sacs opening by small pores. .......... Balanoglossus, Delle Chiaje.

(ii.) Genital wings hardly developed. .......... Glossobalanus, Speng.

(b) Liver-sacs, synapticula and nerve-roots absent. .......... Harrimaniidae

(i.) Proboscis long; one proboscis-pore. .......... Dolichoglossus, Speng.

(ii.) Proboscis short; two proboscis-pores.

(α) Two pairs of genital wings. .......... Stereobalanus canadensis, Speng.