Brachiozoa

Clade of brachiopods

Brachiozoa
Temporal range: 538.8–0 Ma
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A colony of the phoronid Phoronis hippocrepis in shallow water on the coast of Italy.
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

References

  1. ^ Helmkampf M, Bruchhaus I, Hausdorf B (August 2008). "Phylogenomic analyses of lophophorates (brachiopods, phoronids and bryozoans) confirm the Lophotrochozoa concept". Proc. Biol. Sci. 275 (1645): 1927–33. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0372. PMC 2593926. PMID 18495619.
  2. ^ Jang KH, Hwang UW (21 April 2009). "Complete mitochondrial genome of Bugula neritina (Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata): phylogenetic position of Bryozoa and phylogeny of lophophorates within the Lophotrochozoa". BMC Genomics. 10: 167. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-167. PMC 2678162. PMID 19379522.
  3. ^ Cavalier-Smith T (August 1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 73 (3): 203–66. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00030.x. PMID 9809012. S2CID 6557779.
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Extant animal phyla
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
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Plants
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Animals
Fungi)
Animalia
ParaHoxozoa
(Planulozoa)
  • Placozoa (Trichoplax and relatives)
  • Cnidaria (jellyfish and relatives)
Bilateria (Triploblasts)
  • (see below↓)
The phylogeny of the animal root is disputed; see also
Eumetazoa
Benthozoa
Bilateria
Ambulacraria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Scalidophora
N+L+P
Nematoida
L+P
Panarthropoda
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  • Arthropoda (arthropods)
  • Tardigrada (waterbears)
Spiralia
Gnathifera
M+S
Platytrochozoa
R+M
Rouphozoa
Mesozoa
Lophotrochozoa
  • Cycliophora (Symbion)
  • Annelida (segmented worms)
M+K
  • Mollusca (molluscs)
Kryptotrochozoa
  • Nemertea (ribbon worms)
Lophophorata
Bryozoa s.l.
Brachiozoa

Major groups
within phyla
Phyla with ≥1000 extant species bolded
Potentially dubious phyla
Taxon identifiers
Brachiozoa


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