''Phoronis embryolabi'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of marine horseshoe worm in the

phylum In biology, a phylum (; plural: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclatu ...

Phoronid 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. ...

a. It is found in

Vostok Bay Vostok Bay (russian: залив Восток, ) is a small () bay in Sea of Japan to the west of Trudny Peninsula. It is a part of Peter the Great Gulf. The bay is a shallow but its fauna is rich. ''Vostok Bay Sea Wildlife Preserve'' was founded ...

, where it lives together with '' Nihonotrypaea japonica'', an

Axiidea Axiidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans. They are colloquially known as mud shrimp, ghost shrimp, or burrowing shrimp; however, these decapods are only distantly related to true shrimp. Axiidea and Gebiidea are divergent infraoders of t ...

shrimp species, in its burrows. A phylogenetic analysis in 2018 suggests that ''Phoronis embryolabi'' is most closely related to ''

Phoronis pallida ''Phoronis pallida'' is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronid Phoronids (scientific name Phoronida, sometimes called horseshoe worms) are a small phylum of marine animals that filter-feed with a lophophore (a "crown" of te ...

''.Temereva, E. N.; Neklyudov, B. V. (2018). A New Phoronid Species, ''Phoronis savinkini'' sp. n., from the South China Sea and an Analysis of the Taxonomic Diversity of Phoronida. ''Biology Bulletin''. 45(7): 617-639.

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Phoronids Animals described in 2017 {{Protostome-stub