| Abstract from DBPedia | Phoronids (scientific name Phoronida, sometimes called horseshoe worms) are a small phylum of marine animals that filter-feed with a lophophore (a "crown" of tentacles), and build upright tubes of chitin to support and protect their soft bodies. They live in most of the oceans and seas, including the Arctic Ocean but excluding the Antarctic Ocean, and between the intertidal zone and about 400 meters down. Most adult phoronids are 2 cm long and about 1.5 mm wide, although the largest are 50 cm long. The name of the group comes from its type genus: Phoronis.箒虫動物（ほうきむしどうぶつ、Phoronida）は、キチン質の棲管にすむ海産の底生無脊椎動物。独立の動物門を構成するが種数は少なく、現生種は2属10数種のみが知られる。 和名はが箒のように見えることから。学名のPhoronidaは、ギリシア神話の女神フォロニス（イーオーの別名）に由来する。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Phoronid) |
