Directory of Lophophorates Resources

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The lophophorates are a group of marine creatures united by possessing a "lophophore" which is a characteristic feeding organ which roughly resembles a sugar scoop fringed with cilia. There are three major groups of lophophorates, the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa and Phoronida, each of which is considered to be a separate phylum.

Subcategories

• Brachiopoda
• Bryozoa
• Horseshoe Worms

Resources in This Category

• Lophophore

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophophorate
  Information from Wikipedia on the characteristic feeding organ possessed by the three major phyla Brachiopoda, Bryozoa and Phoronida.

• The Lophophore

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss7/lophophore.html
  Information on this complex feeding structure possessed by members of the groups Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, and Phoronida and the likelihood that they must therefore be descended from a common ancestor.

Related Categories

• Home > Science > Earth Sciences > Paleontology > Invertebrates > Brachiopods
• Home > Science > Earth Sciences > Paleontology > Invertebrates > Bryozoans

 

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