Phoronid is a type of fish 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.
Phoronis ovalis It is found in shallow waters in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, and other scattered locations worldwide. Phoronopsis californica It was first described as a new species by William Hilton in 1930 when he found it at Balboa Bay in Newport Beach, California. 
