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Invertebrate
Zoology Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Phoronidea (Contact)
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file names and included illustrations to enlarge: These organisms resemble worms in
tubes in the ground. They have a
U-shaped digestive tract with a conspicuous lophophore. There is a true coelom and the circulatory
system includes red blood. Nephridia
serve as both excretory organs and genital ducts. They are hermaphroditic
with free-swimming larvae. They have
no known economic importance.
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following plates for Example Structures of the Phoronidia: Plate 61 = Phylum: Phoronidia -- Example
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