Phoronida

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Name (Hebrew)
פורונידה
Name (Latin)
Phoronida
Other forms of name
Phorona
Phoronidea
See Also From tracing topical name
Worms
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q162907
Library of congress: sh 85101086
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Wikipedia description:

Phoronids (taxonomic name Phoronida, sometimes called horseshoe worms) are a small phylum of marine animals that filter-feed with a lophophore (a "crown" of tentacles), and build upright tubes of chitin to support and protect their soft bodies. They live in most of the oceans and seas, including the Arctic Ocean but excluding the Antarctic Ocean, and between the intertidal zone and about 400 meters down. Most adult phoronids are 2 cm long and about 1.5 mm wide, although the largest are 50 cm long. The name of the group comes from its type genus: Phoronis.

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