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Brachiopods are marine animals that, upon first glance, look like clams. They are actually quite different from clams in their anatomy, and they are not closely related to the molluscs. They are lophophorates, and so are related to the Bryozoa and Phoronida. ... Click on the buttons below to learn more about Brachiopoda.
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/brachiopoda.html
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/brachiopoda.html
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The Phoronida, a probable close relative of the Brachiopoda, is the outgroup on the above cladogram. Both groups belong to the larger group Lophophorata. ... Source: Popov, E.L., M. G. Bassett, L.E. Holmer and J. Laurie. 1993. Phylogenetic analysis of higher taxa of Brachiopoda, Lethaia 26: 1-5.
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/brachiopodasy.html
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/brachiopodasy.html
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They are typified by two mineralized valves which enclose most of the animal. Like the bryozoans, brachiopods are filter feeders which collect food particles on a ciliated organ called the lophophore. An excellent example of a brachiopod lophophore can be seen in the Recent terebratulid. ... Phylum Brachiopoda (Cambrian-Recent)
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paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Brachiopods/brachiopoda.htm
paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Brachiopods/brachiopoda.htm
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I. Historical account ... A. Fossils known in the early middle-ages. ... E. Cuvier (1798) places them in the Class Mollusca, then in a separate Class, the Brachiopoda, "with affinity to molluscs".
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www.rtis.com/nat/user/elsberry/taxa/brach.html
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Lüter, C. 2000. The origin of the coelom in brachiopoda and its phylogenetic significance. Zoomorphology 120:15-28. ... Other Names for Brachiopoda ... Introduction to the Brachiopoda. UCMP Berkeley...
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tolweb.org/Brachiopoda/2494
tolweb.org/Brachiopoda/2494
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Sixteen hundred genera and many more species of Brachiopoda are known altogether, the vast majority being fossil (extinct) forms. ... Introduction to the Brachiopoda ... Brachiopoda main page...
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www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Lophotrochozoa/Brachiopod...
www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Lophotrochozoa/Brachiopoda/E0A0E0Brachiopoda.htm
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An introduction to the biology, classification and ecology of Lamp Shells the phylum Brachiopoda ... Characteristics of Brachiopoda:-; 1)Bilaterally symmetrical. 2)Body has more than two cell layers, tissues and organs. 3)Body cavity a true coelom. 4)Body possesses a U-shaped gut with or without an anus. 5)Body enclosed in...
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www.earthlife.net/inverts/brachiopoda.html
www.earthlife.net/inverts/brachiopoda.html
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A Guide to the Ordovician Fossils of Southeast Indiana Collected by Jeff Bryant ... Arthropoda Cnidaria Brachiopoda Molluska Echinodermata Bryozoa Hemichordata ... The brachiopods are marine to brackish water bivalves which still exist today although in greatly reduced numbers. The brachiopods were at their peak during...
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members.wri.com/jeffb/Fossils/Brachiopoda.shtml
members.wri.com/jeffb/Fossils/Brachiopoda.shtml
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Br@chNet is the world-wide site of the Brachiopoda dealing with : Systematics, Brachiopodologist directories, Bibliography, Miscellanous - the official site of the Brachiopodologists ... Updated 23 October 2009; previous 19 October 2009; ... 2010 6th Brach Congress...
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paleopolis.rediris.es/BrachNet/
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