Brachiozoa

Brachiozoa
Temporal range: 538.8–0 Ma
A colony of the phoronid Phoronis hippocrepis in shallow water on the coast of Italy.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Nephrozoa
(unranked): Protostomia
(unranked): Spiralia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Clade: Lophophorata
Clade: Brachiozoa
Cavalier-Smith 1998
Phyla and Class

Brachiozoa is a grouping of lophophorate animals including Brachiopoda and Phoronida.[1][2][3] It also includes their ancestors, the extinct tommotiids.

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  2. ^ Jang KH, Hwang UW (21 April 2009). "Complete mitochondrial genome of Bugula neritina (Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata): phylogenetic position of Bryozoa and phylogeny of lophophorates within the Lophotrochozoa". BMC Genomics. 10: 167. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-167. PMC 2678162. PMID 19379522.
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