The Phoronida, divided into two genera and 10 species, is a small marine group, which belongs to the phylum Lophophorata.
Keywords: phoronida; lophophorata
Phoronida
Christian C Emig, Centre d' Océanologie de Marseille CNRS, Marseille, France
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001612
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Figure 1. Diagram of an adult Phoronis showing the main anatomical features.
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| Further Reading | |
| book Emig CC (1979) "British and other phoronids". In: Kermack DM and Barnes RSK (eds) Synopses of the British Fauna, vol. 13. London: Academic Press. | |
| Emig CC (1982) The biology of Phoronida. Advances in Marine Biology 19: 1–89. | |
| Emig CC (1997) Les Lophophorates constituent-ils un embranchement? Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 122: 279–288. | |
| book Hyman LH (1959) The Invertebrates: Smaller Coelomate Groups, vol. 5. New-York: McGraw-Hill. | |
