Artificial Reef Field Guide: Phoronid phoronid
Common NamePhoronid
Code(s)PHOR
Id Number657
TaxaInvertebrate
MobilitySessile
Colonial / SolitarySolitary
Typical Substrate TypeHard
Species Description
Slender bodied tube-dwelling animals. Use lophophorate for feeding, respiration, and reproduction.
Species Habitat
Intertidal to subtidal. Tubes are buried in various substrates or attached to hard surfaces.
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