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Marine Horseshoe Worm (Phoronopsis californica) Jahir, Lembeh.<br />
In Wikipedia it mentions only temperate areas but I see links to Indonesia spottings as well;<br />
<a href="https://reefguide.org/pixhtml/phoronopsiscalifornica1.html" rel="nofollow">https://reefguide.org/pixhtml/phoronopsiscalifornica1.html</a><br />
In this link they even saw it in the same dive site as me. See:<br />
<a href="https://www.diverosa.com/categories/Worms.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.diverosa.com/categories/Worms.htm</a> Geotagged,Indonesia,Phoronopsis,Phoronopsis californica,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Marine Horseshoe Worm (Phoronopsis californica)

Jahir, Lembeh.
In Wikipedia it mentions only temperate areas but I see links to Indonesia spottings as well;
https://reefguide.org/pixhtml/phoronopsiscalifornica1.html
In this link they even saw it in the same dive site as me. See:
https://www.diverosa.com/categories/Worms.htm

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  1. New phylum! Posted 4 years ago

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''Phoronopsis californica'' is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. It was first described as a new species by William Hilton in 1930 when he found it at Balboa Bay, California.

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Uploaded Jul 20, 2018. Captured May 15, 2018 05:50 in Unnamed Road, Kota Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia.
  • TG-5
  • f/5.6
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 12.6mm