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regarded entoprocts as
members of the Trochozoa,
which also
includes molluscs and annelids. However, a
study in 2008
concluded that
entoprocts are closely...
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molecular phylogeny analyses disagree over bryozoans'
relationships with
entoprocts,
about whether bryozoans should be
grouped with
brachiopods and phoronids...
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exist as a
larval form
within the
trochozoan clade,
which include the
entoprocts, molluscs,
annelids (including
echiurans and sipunculans) and nemerteans...
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includes the molluscs, annelids, brachiopods, nemerteans,
bryozoa and
entoprocts. The molluscs, the second-largest
animal phylum by
number of described...
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morphological characteristics of
entoprocts were
clearly similar to
those of mollusks. Both
mollusks and
entoprocts share a
similar muscular system, the...
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facial makeup of this character."
Loxosomatoides sirindhornae Wood, 2005
Entoproct Sirindhorn Mackenziurus ceejayi †
Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997
Trilobite C...
- used by the
related phoronids and bryozoans, and also by pterobranchs.
Entoprocts use a similar-looking
crown of tentacles, but it is
solid and the flow...
- Julia; Lieb, Bernhard; Wanninger,
Andreas (2015). "Muscular
anatomy of an
entoproct creeping-type
larva reveals extraordinary high
complexity and potential...
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Summary of
distinguishing features Feature Phoronids Brachiopods Bryozoans Entoprocts Tentacles hollow Yes Yes Yes No
Protection and
support Erect tube of chitin...
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stronger support for a
lophophorate affinity,
specifically allied with the
entoprocts. The
clear presence of a U-shaped gut in the new
specimens contradicts...
