Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Phoronida > Family Phoronidae

Phoronis Wright, 1856

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Actinotrocha*	Müller, 1846	synonym

Children

Phoronis australis Haswell, 1883
Phoronis hippocrepia Wright, 1856
Phoronis muelleri Selys-Longchamps, 1903
Phoronis ovalis Wright, 1856
Phoronis pallida (Schneider, 1862)
Phoronis psammophila Cori, 1889

Literature

original description	Wright, T.S. (1856). Description of two tubicolar animals. Proceedings of The Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. 1: 165-167.
basis of record	Alonso-Zarrazaga, M. (2005). Apéndice 1. Nomenclatura: Lista de sinonimos y combinaciones filo Phoronida. In: Lophophorata, Phoronida, Brachiopoda. Álvarez, F., Emig, C.C., Roldan, C., Viéttez, J.M., Fauna Ibérica, Vol.27. Ramos, M.A. et al. (eds). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC. Madrid. 209-213.
additional source	Emig, C.C.; Roldán, C.; Viéitez, J.M. (2001). Phoronida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 324-325.