Brachiozoa | |
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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. [1] [2] [3] It also includes their ancestors, the extinct tommotiids.