Lophophorata

Lophophorata; Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Bryozoa
	Brachiopod
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa
Clade:	Bilateria
Clade:	Nephrozoa
Clade:	Protostomia
Clade:	Spiralia
Superphylum:	Lophotrochozoa
Grade:	"Tommotiida"
Clade:	Lophophorata; Meglitsch, 1972
Clades
	†"Tommotiida" (paraphyletic); †Tentaculita; Brachiozoa; Bryozoa s.l.;
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. 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]