Saxipendium Woodwick & Sensenbaugh, 1985

Deland, C., Cameron, C. B., Rao, K. P., Ritter, W. E. & Bullock, T. H., 2010, A taxonomic revision of the family Harrimaniidae (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) with descriptions of seven species from the Eastern Pacific, Zootaxa 2408 (1), pp. 1-30 : 6

Genus Saxipendium Woodwick & Sensenbaugh, 1985

Type species. Saxipendium coronatum Woodwick & Sensenbaugh, 1985

Diagnosis. Longitudinal proboscis muscles diffuse. Proboscis skeleton coronate (crown-shaped) in cross section, keel absent, cornua long and recurved. Collar canals with pores opening to the outside of body. Dorsolateral genital ridges with gonopores externally visible; testicular antra possibly present.

Remarks. Previously assigned to its own family ( Saxipendiidae ), Saxipendium is here transferred to the Harrimaniidae . Although distinguished from other harrimaniid genera by the above combination of features, it otherwise possesses the general characters of the family.