Lophophorata

The Lophophorata (also called Tentaculata; not to be confused with Tentaculata Eschscholtz 1825, a class within the Ctenophora) are a lophotrochozoan clade consisting of the Brachiozoa and the Bryozoa.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Aut (1972). The Lophophorate Coelomates. in: Invertebrate Zoology 2nd ed. 671–697</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> They have a lophophore. On morphological grounds lophophorates have been assessed as deuterostomes, but molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that they are protostomes.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Fossil finds of the "tommotiid" Wufengella suggest that they evolved from worm-like animals that resembled annelids.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The phylogenetic relationships between these groups are as follows:Template:Clade

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