Waking up with phoronids

 

I encountered some beautiful phoronids today.  Above is a close-up of Phoronis vancouverensis photographed on 17 July 2019.

And here's a group of individuals highlighting their graceful feeding tentacles:

 

I've written about phoronids before, but I can't help sharing photos of these wonderful invertebrates. 

For an introduction to (and more photos of) phoronids, you can review these previous posts:

"My, what a nice lophophore you have!" on 27 June 2013

 "Phoronids for the Fourth" on 4 July 2017

"Ebb and flow" on 26 July 2017