Worldwide there are ten valid species of Phoronida. All are known from the Pacific Ocean. Five species, viz. Phoronis hippocrepia, P. muelleri, P. psammophila, Phoronopsis harmeri, and Phoronopsis albomaculata, have been cited along the Pacific coast of Central America, and the former three also occur in the Caribbean. However, so far none have been recorded from the coasts of Costa Rica.
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Emig, C.C. (2009). Phoronids. In: Wehrtmann, I.S., Cortés, J. (eds) Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 86. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8278-8_36
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