| Brachiozoa Temporal range:
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| A colony of the phoronid Phoronis hippocrepis in shallow water on the coast of Italy. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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