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Phoronis muelleri

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Phoronis muelleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Phoronida
Family: Phoronidae
Genus: Phoronis
Species:
P. muelleri
Binomial name
Phoronis muelleri
Selys-Lonchamps, 1903[1]

Phoronis muelleri is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida.[2][3] Like most phoronids, Phoronis muelleri has a biphasic life-cycle consisting of a pelagic larval stage, the actinotrocha, and a benthic, sessile adult stage.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Selys-Longchamps, M. de. (1903). Über Phoronis und Actinotrocha bei Helgoland. Wiss. Meeresunters. (Abt. Helgoland). 6: 1-56.
  2. ^ Emig, Christian (2020). "Phoronis muelleri Selys-Lonchamps, 1903". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  3. ^ "Systematics, Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Phoronida". Phoronida World Database. 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  4. ^ Bartolomaeus, Thomas. 1989. Ultrastructure and relationship between protonephridia and metanephridia in Phoronis muelleri (Phoronida). Zoomorphology, 109(2), 113–122. doi:10.1007/bf00312317