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- Introduction to the Phoronida - Introduction to the Phoronida, a small phylum related to brachiopods and bryozoans.
- BrachNet - Catalogue systématique des brachiopodes actuels et fossiles, complétés par des informations pratiques à l'usage des paléontologues, spécialistes ou amateurs. Trilingue Fr/En/Sp
Wikipedia Articles
- Phoronis - 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.
- Lophophore - The lophophore is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by three major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, and Phoronida. All lophophores are aquatic.
- Phoronid - Phoronids ('Phoronida'), commonly known as horseshoe worms, are a relatively small animal phylum: twenty species are known, in two genera, Phoronis and Phoronopsis. Phoronids are worm-shaped, but with a gut that loops and exits the body near the mouth, instead of running the length of the animal, as in ...