Phylum of marine sessile worm-like invertebrates, with similarities to hemichordates, which live in chitin tubes.

Source: Conner, 1997.

The following taxa of this phylum occur in the region:

Class Frenulatea
Order Athecanephrida
Order Thecanephrida
Family Sclerolinidae
Family Siboglinidae
Genus Sclerolinum
Genus Siboglinum
Siboglinum ekmani
Siboglinum fiordicum
Siboglinum norvegicum
Sclerolinum brattstromi

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Pogonophora

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Conner, D.W., 1997. Pogonophora. In: The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas (Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton, eds). Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.

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