Phoronis

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Phoronis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Phoronida
Family: Phoronidae
Genus: Phoronis
Species
  • Phoronis architecta
  • Phoronis australis
  • Phoronis caespitosa
  • Phoronis californica
  • Phoronis capensis
  • Phoronis hippocrepia
  • Phoronis ijimai (P. vancouverensis)
  • Phoronis muelleri
  • Phoronis ovalis
  • Phoronis pallida
  • Phoronis psammophila (P. architecta)
  • Phoronis svetlanae
  • Phoronis vancouverensis
  • Phoronis viridis

Phoronis is one of the two genera of the horseshoe worm family (Phoronidae), in the phylum Phoronida. It's diagnostic feature is the lack of epidermal invagination at the base of the lophophore.

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