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.

Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that lophophorates are protostomes, but on morphological grounds they have been assessed as deuterostomes.

[6] Fossil finds of the "tommotiid" Wufengella suggest that they evolved from worm-like animals that resembled annelids.

[7][8] Cycliophora Annelida Mollusca Brachiopoda Phoronida Entoprocta Ectoprocta Nemertea

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