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

Phoronis muelleri Selys-Longchamps, 1903

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phoronis*	Wright, 1856	accepted genus name
*Actinotrocha*	Müller, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: common elongated phoronid; horseshoe worm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Weißer Nordatlantischer Hufeisenwurm

Literature

original description	Selys-Longchamps, M. de. (1903). Ueber Phoronis und Actinotrocha bei Helgoland. Wiss. Meeresunters. (Abt. Helgoland). 6: 1-56.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Emig, C.C. (1979). British and other phoronids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 13. Academic Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-12-238750-3. 57 pp.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Santagata, S. (2009). Phoronida of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1133–1136. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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.