Brachiopod
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Brachiopods, phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinge
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Terebratalia transversa 141510036
Paired lophophores of Terebratalia transversa, a modern brachiopod in the order Terebratulida
An unidentified brachiopod feeding off the coast of Ushant, France.
Lophotrochozoa
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Lophotrochozoa is a clade of protostome animals within the Spiralia. The taxon was established as a monophyletic group based on molecular evidence. The clade includes animals like annelids, molluscs,
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…such as echinoderms and chordates) as was hypothesized earlier, but should be included in the broad group Protostomia, in a subgroup now called Lophotrochozoa. Although their adult morphology seems rather different, the nucleotide sequence of the 18S rRNA indicates that the phoronids (horseshoe worms) are the…
Caribbean reef squid