Brachiozoa

Brachiozoa
A colony of the phoronid Phoronis hippocrepis in shallow water on the coast of Italy.
Scientific 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. It also includes their ancestors, the extinct tommotiids.

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