A phylogenetic analysis in 2018 suggests that Phoronis embryolabi is most closely related to Phoronis pallida.[4]
References
^ abTemereva, E. N.; Chichvarkhin, A. (2017). A new phoronid species, Phoronis embryolabi, with a novel type of development, and consideration of phoronid taxonomy and DNA barcoding. Invertebrate Systematics. 31(1): 65. doi:10.1071/is16032
^Temereva, E. N.; Neklyudov, B. V. (2018). A New Phoronid Species, Phoronis savinkini sp. n., from the South China Sea and an Analysis of the Taxonomic Diversity of Phoronida. Biology Bulletin. 45(7): 617-639. doi:10.1134/s1062359018070154