Lophophorata

The Lophophorata are a Lophotrochozoan clade consisting of the Brachiozoa and the Bryozoa.^[1][2][3][4] They have a lophophore. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that lophophorates are protostomes, but on morphological grounds they have been assessed as deuterostomes.^[5] Fossil finds of a genus of segmented worm named Wufengella suggest that they evolved from a worm close to annelids.^[6][7]

Lophophorata Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bryozoa
Brachiopod
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa
Clade:	Bilateria
Clade:	Nephrozoa
(unranked):	Protostomia
(unranked):	Spiralia
Superphylum:	Lophotrochozoa
Clade:	Lophophorata Meglitsch, 1972
Clades
†"Tommotiida" (paraphyletic) Brachiozoa Bryozoa s.l.

Lophotrochozoa	Cycliophora Annelida Mollusca Kryptotrochozoa Lophophorata Brachiozoa Brachiopoda Phoronida Bryozoa s.l. Entoprocta Ectoprocta Nemertea

References

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2. Meglitsch, P.A. (1972). The Lophophorate Coelomates. in: Invertebrate Zoology 2nd ed. 671–697
3. Luo, Yi-Jyun; Kanda, Miyuki; Koyanagi, Ryo; Hisata, Kanako; Akiyama, Tadashi; Sakamoto, Hirotaka; Sakamoto, Tatsuya; Satoh, Noriyuki (2017-12-04). "Nemertean and phoronid genomes reveal lophotrochozoan evolution and the origin of bilaterian heads". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2 (1): 141–151. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0389-y. ISSN 2397-334X. PMID 29203924.
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5. Jang, Kuem; Hwang, Ui (2009). "Complete mitochondrial genome of Bugula neritina (Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata): phylogenetic position of Bryozoa and phylogeny of lophophorates within the Lophotrochozoa". BMC Genomics. 10 (1): 167. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-167. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 2678162. PMID 19379522.
6. Guo, Jin; Parry, Luke A.; Vinther, Jakob; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Wei, Fan; Zhao, Yang; et al. (2022). "A Cambrian tommotiid preserving soft tissues reveals the metameric ancestry of lophophorates". Current Biology. 32 (21): 4769-4778.e2. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.09.011. PMID 36170853.
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