Lophotrochozoa

Lophotrochozoa
Temporal range: early Cambrian – Recent
Caribbean reef squid or Sepioteuthis sepioidea is a complex lophotrochozoan.
Scientific classification
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Lophotrochozoa Halanych et al., 1995
Phyla

The Lophotrochozoa ("crest-bearing animals") are a group of animals above the level of phylum. It is not part of the usual system of classification. They were recently discovered through molecular phylogeny.[1] They include two of the most successful animal phyla, the Mollusca and Annelida.

  1. Philippe, Hervé, Nicolas Lartillot1 and Henner Brinkmann. 2005. Multigene Analyses of Bilaterian Animals Corroborate the Monophyly of Ecdysozoa, Lophotrochozoa, and Protostomia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22(5):1246-1253; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi111.

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