#4939 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Kleine hoefijzerworm
Phoronis hippocrepia
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Lysekil, SE-VG, SE
📍 Baleal Island, Portugal
📍 Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, FR
📍 34110 Frontignan, France
📍 Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR
📍 34110 Frontignan, France
📍 Irish Sea, Northern Ireland, GB
📍 Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Daniel Rodrigues · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Lysekil, SE-VG, SE:© Emil B · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Baleal Island, Portugal:© João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, FR:© Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. 34110 Frontignan, France:© Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 34110 Frontignan, France:© anthonyamar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Irish Sea, Northern Ireland, GB:© Libby Keatley · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Phoronis hippocrepia is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 7 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 202 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Kleine hoefijzerworm
- scientific name
- Phoronis hippocrepia
- family
- Phoronidae
- sightings in NL
- 7
- sightings in Europe
- 122
- sightings worldwide
- 202
- GBIF records in NL
- 20
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Phoronidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 256101, Wikidata Q2335673, GBIF 5186396, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.