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Definition of Phoronis

Phoronis
Phoronis Pho*ro"nis, n. [NL., fr. L. Phoronis, a surname of Io, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

Meaning of Phoronis from wikipedia

- 1856 Phoronis ijimai Oka 1897 Phoronis muelleri Selys-Lonchamps 1903 Phoronis ovalis Wright 1856 Phoronis pallida (Schneider 1862) Silén 1952 Phoronis psammophila...
- after Io in 1614. Because her brother was Phoroneus, Io is also known as Phoronis (an adjective form of Phoroneus: "Phoronean"). She was sometimes compared...
- Phoronopsis harmeri. Santagata thinks Phoronis architecta is a different species from both Phoronis psammophila and Phoronis muelleri, and that "[the phoronids']...
- Phoronis is a genus of the horseshoe worm family (Phoronidae), in the phylum Phoronida. Phoronis may also refer to: Various species in the above genus:...
- also called Phoronis (c. 7th – 6th century BC), by an unknown author, which told the story of Phoroneus, see Fowler 2013, p. 236; Phoronis fr. 1 West,...
- Phoronis muelleri is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. Like most phoronids, Phoronis muelleri has a biphasic life-cycle consisting...
- Phoronis psammophila is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. It lives in a tube projecting from the sea floor in shallow seas around...
- to Phoronis psammophila. Hirose, M.; ****iage, R.; Katoh, T.; Kajihara, H. (2014). Description and molecular phylogeny of a new species of Phoronis (Phoronida)...
- Phoronis hippocrepia is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. Wright, T.S. (1856). Description of two tubicolar animals. Proceedings...
- that Phoronis embryolabi is most closely related to Phoronis pallida. Temereva, E. N.; Chichvarkhin, A. (2017). A new phoronid species, Phoronis embryolabi...