Phoronopsis viridis

Sheikh, Y. M. and Djerassi, C., 2,6-Dibromophenol and 2,4,6-tribromophenol — antiseptic secondary metabolites of Phoronopsis viridis, Experientia, 31, 265, 1975. 

MELTING point 51-52°C SPECTRAL data UV, PMR, Mass Spec organism Balanoglossus biminiensis (Chordata/ Hemichordata) and Phoronopsis viridis Hilton (Phoronidea) reference 24, 380... 

The phoronids occur in coastal waters at depths down to 400 m and, like all lophophorates, they are microphagous. The 15 known species are divided into the two genera Phoronis and Phoronopsis (Brusca and Brusca, 2002). There have been few chemical studies of the metabolites of phoronids, and these relate primarily to the bromophenols that are found both in Phoronopsis viridis and in polychaete annelids of the genera Lanice and Thelepus (see Chapter 21). 

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