> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: Phoronida **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Phoronidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Phoronis **Species**:: P. australis **Vernacular**:: Cerianthid phoronid worm ## Photos  *[127 - 2023-05-17 - Labyrinthe de Zeus - Epidaurus - Greece](127%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Labyrinthe%20de%20Zeus%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - It's the little white/cloudy thing under my instructor's finger. Not very exciting to see, but it's a very rare animal that have its very own phylum. It's commonly associated with [Cerianthus membranaceus - Cylinder anemone](Cerianthus%20membranaceus%20-%20Cylinder%20anemone.md) and lives on its tube.*  *[127 - 2023-05-17 - Labyrinthe de Zeus - Epidaurus - Greece](127%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Labyrinthe%20de%20Zeus%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - Not really better, but still a different point of view.* ## Notes It's closer to [Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)](Bryozoa%20(Ectoprocta).md) as a phylum, because it have a [lophophore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophophore). ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Phoronis-australis-Grand-phoronidien-377 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoronid - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoronis_australis