Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Actinotrocha \Ac`ti*not"ro*cha\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. ?, ?, a ray +
? a ring.] (Zo["o]l.)
A peculiar larval form of {Phoronis}, a genus of marine
worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
Phoronis \Pho*ro"nis\, n. [NL., fr. L. Phoronis, a surname of
Io, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around
the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its
larva ({Actinotrocha}) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.