Return to Menu Phylum Phoronida MJC Marine Bio
Phylum Phoronida (foe-ron'-e-dah): worm-like with feeding lophophore; live in chitin tube. Includes the species Phoronopsis virides, seen below.    
Lophophore feeding device for Phoronopsis virides.

Phoronopsis worm tubes.

 

Worm tubes in sediment.