Phoronida

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Related to Phoronida: Brachiopoda, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta

Phoronida

a very small phylum of wormlike coelomate marine animals which live in tubes and have planktonic larvae.

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Reproductive biology and development of Phoronida. Ph.D.

Unusual development of the mitraria larva in the polychaete Owenia collaris

This type of CNS is not found in Phoronida and Brachiopoda, which cluster with nemertines in almost all molecular analyses (e.g., Baguna et al., 2008a; Dunn et al., 2008).

How did indirect development with planktotrophic larvae evolve?

Among these are worm-shaped clades such as Plathelminthes or Nemertea, tentacle-bearing phyla such as Entoprocta and Lophophorata (Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, and Phoronida), or highly mobile pelagic taxa such as cephalopod molluscs.

Shaping the things to come: ontogeny of lophotrochozoan neuromuscular systems and the Tetraneuralia concept

A waterborne behavioral cue for the actinotroch larva of Phoronis pallida (Phoronida) produced by Upogebia pugettensis (Decapoda: Thalassinidea).

Evolutionary and structural diversification of the larval nervous system among marine bryozoans

The Phoronida comprises at least 10 recognized species and a larval form known as the actinotroch (Emig, 1974, 1982).

A waterborne behavioral cue for the actinotroch larva of Phoronis pallida (Phoronida) produced by Upogebia pugettensis (Decapoda: Thalassinidea)

The method of feeding of lophophorates (Bryozoa, Phoronida, Brachiopoda).

Effect of zooid spacing on bryozoan feeding success: is competition or facilitation more important?

Characterization of hemoglobin from Phoronis architecta (Phoronida).

Functional and biochemical properties of the Hemoglobins of the burrowing brittle star Hemipholis elongata Say (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea)

Section 2: Platyhelminthes through Phoronida and Section 3: Sipuncula through Annelida.