Phoronis
noun
Pho·ro·nis
fəˈrōnə̇s
: a genus of small marine tubicolous unsegmented wormlike animals that have the mouth, anal opening, and nephridial apertures at one end of the body close together and surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped lophophore bearing numerous tentacles, a closed system of blood vessels containing red blood, and free-swimming larvae which pass through a complex metamorphosis see actinotrocha, phoronidea
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, probably from Latin Phoronis (Io, mythical priestess of Argos who was loved by Zeus)