Karen Gowlett-Holmes, Australien
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Phoronopsis albomaculata is vertically embedded in soft sediments, ranging from coarse sand to mud, in waters with high suspended matter content and moderate to strong bottom currents.
Color: The body is pink, the lophophori are transparent with pigment spots.
The lophophorae are horseshoe-shaped with medially turned ends, up to 160 tentacles with a length of 2-3 mm.
Nephridia with a single funnel (usually surrounded by nephridial epithelium during the reproductive period).
Sexual reproduction: Females release their eggs into the surrounding seawater, where they are fertilized by males with large glandular lophophor organs.
Asexual reproduction by transverse fission.
Synonym: Actinotrocha albomaculata Temereva, 2009
Color: The body is pink, the lophophori are transparent with pigment spots.
The lophophorae are horseshoe-shaped with medially turned ends, up to 160 tentacles with a length of 2-3 mm.
Nephridia with a single funnel (usually surrounded by nephridial epithelium during the reproductive period).
Sexual reproduction: Females release their eggs into the surrounding seawater, where they are fertilized by males with large glandular lophophor organs.
Asexual reproduction by transverse fission.
Synonym: Actinotrocha albomaculata Temereva, 2009
