Phoronis australis

Phoronis australis
Specimen at
Osaka Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Phoronida
Family: Phoronidae
Genus: Phoronis
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Phoronis australis
Haswell, 1883
Synonyms
  • Phoronis bhadurii Ganguly & Majumbar, 1967
  • Phoronis buskii McIntosh, 1888

Phoronis australis is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. It is found in shallow warm-temperate and tropical waters in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific region and was first detected in the Mediterranean Sea in the late twentieth century. These worms live in association with tube-dwelling anemones, particularly those in the genus Cerianthus.