Phoronida

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 8 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 16 seconds

Figure 2.Phoronis ijimai Oka, 1897, NSMT-Te 879. A Living individuals collected from the pier of Misaki Marine Biological Station B enlargement of living individuals C preserved individual (10% formalin seawater) with a transparent cylindrical tube.

Figure 3.Phoronis ijimai Oka, 1897, NSMT-Te 880. A Living bivalve (Barbatia sp.) with various sessile organisms B Living Phoronis ijimai on the shell (arrowheads).

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Gemeinde Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sechelt Inlet, British Columbia

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Maria McGuinness PhD Researcher School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences | MaREI | University College Cork © Abundance and seasonality of phoronid larvae in coastal temperate waters: More abundant than previously thought? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363055713_Abundance_and_seasonality_of_phoronid_larvae_in_coastal_temperate_waters_More_abundant_than_previously_thought  

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 20 seconds

Figure 4.Phoronis ijimai Oka, 1897, NSMT-Te 885, transverse section through basal part of lophophore.

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Phoronis ovalis Wright , 1856 Sampled subtidally below a beach of Swakopmund (Namibia) in a mollusk shell of Perna perna © 2009 Dr. Alan Trimble, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle (USA)

Cerianthid phoronid worm; Phoronis australis

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 17 seconds

Figure 5.Reconstructed three-dimensional images and transverse sections of the nephridium of Phoronis ijimai Oka, 1897, from NSMT-Te 886 (A, B, D) and NSMT-Te 884 (C). A Lateral view, showing the long nephridial papillae above the anus B dorsolateral view, showing the offset arrangement of the nephridia, with the curved ascending branch and large anal funnel extending toward the esophagus C transverse section through the nephridial papilla, showing the nephridiopore D transverse section through the ascending branch, showing the large anal funnel opening toward the esophagus, Abbreviations: ab ascending branch; af anal funnel; an anus; es esophagus; in intestine; lne left nephridium; np nephridial papilla; p nephridiopore; rne right nephridium. Planes C and D in panel A indicate the positions of the transverse sections in C and D.

Kampong Pasir Ris, North East, Singapore

Indian Arm, British Columbia

Figure 6.Phoronis ijimai. A NSMT-Te 886, transverse section through the posterior part of the body, showing four mesenteries and the position of the giant nerve fibers B NSMT-Te 885, enlargement showing longitudinal muscles of the bushy type C NSMT-Te 885, enlargement of the left giant nerve fiber situated at the base of the left lateral mesentery. Abbreviations: am anal mesentery; i intestine; llm left lateral mesentery; lnf left giant nerve fiber; m longitudinal muscle; om oral mesentery; rlm right lateral mesentery; rnf right giant nerve fiber; s stomach.

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Figure 7.Phoronis ijimai. A NSMT-Te 878, eggs brooded in the lophophore (some tentacles have been removed) B NSMT-Te 884, transverse section through the basal part of the lophophore, showing mature eggs on the basal nidamental glands C NSMT-Te 883, enlargement of brooded eggs, showing various developmental stages. Abbreviations: eg egg; te tentacle.

Singapore, North East, Singapore