Phoronida is a second lophophorate phylum, comprising coelomate, vermiform animals living in chitinous tubes. |
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Molecular data sets indicate that lophophorate phyla are trochozoans but generally do not support grouping bryozoans with the phoronids and brachiopods. |
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In modern oceans lophophorate worms are represented by non-biomineralizing phoronids which dwell in mucus tubes. |
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