Lophophorata

Lophophorata; Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Bryozoa
	Brachiopod
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa
Clade:	Bilateria
Clade:	Nephrozoa
Clade:	Protostomia
Clade:	Spiralia
Superphylum:	Lophotrochozoa
Clade:	Lophophorata; Meglitsch, 1972
Clades
	†"Tommotiida" (paraphyletic); †Tentaculita; Brachiozoa Brachiopoda †Hyolitha?; †Mickwitziidae; Brachiopoda s.s.; ; Phoronida; ; Bryozoa s.l. Entoprocta; Ectoprocta; ; †Yuganotheca elegans;
Synonyms
	Tentaculata Hatschek, 1888;

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] They have a lophophore. On morphological grounds lophophorates have been assessed as deuterostomes, but molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that they are protostomes.^[6] Fossil finds of the "tommotiid" Wufengella suggest that they evolved from worm-like animals that resembled annelids.^[7]^[8] The phylogenetic relationships between these groups are as follows: