Claim: Phoronid is a marine worm that includes species such as phoronis ovalis which is found in shallow waters in the Atlantic Ocean, and phoronopsis californica which is found in California.
Evidence: Phoronids (scientific name Phoronida, sometimes called horseshoe worms) are a small phylum of marine animals that filter-feed with a lophophore (a "crown" of tentacles), and build upright tubes of chitin to support and protect their soft bodies. Phoronis is one of the two genera of the horseshoe worm family (Phoronidae), in the phylum Phoronida. Phoronis ovalis is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. It is found in shallow waters in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, and other scattered locations worldwide. 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 in Newport Beach, California. 
Phoronids (scientific name Phoronida, sometimes called horseshoe worms) are a small phylum of marine animals that filter-feed with a lophophore (a "crown" of tentacles), and build upright tubes of chitin to support and protect their soft bodies. Phylum: Phoronida Phylum: Phoronida Phylum: Phoronida It is found in shallow warm-temperate and tropical waters in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific region and was first detected in the Mediterranean Sea in the late twentieth century. It was first described as a new species by William Hilton in 1930 when he found it at Balboa Bay in Newport Beach, California.