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Brachiozoa

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Brachiozoa
A colony of the phoronid Phoronis hippocrepis in shallow water at the coast of Italy.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Clade: Protostomia
(unranked): Spiralia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Clade: Lophophorata
Clade: Brachiozoa
Cavalier-Smith 1998
Phyla
Synonyms

Phoronozoa Zrzavý et al., 1998[1]

Brachiozoa is a group of lophotrochozoan animals consisting of the Phoronida (horseshoe worms) and the Brachiopods.


  1. Zrzavý, J.; Mihulka, S.; Kepka, P.; Bezděk, A.; Tietz, D. (1998). "Phylogeny of the Metazoa Based on Morphological and 18S Ribosomal DNA Evidence". Cladistics. 14 (3): 249–285. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1998.tb00338.x.