What is the evidence that these protostome animals are monophyletic?
molecular evidence
What phyla belong to this clade?
platyhleminthes
rotifera
ectoprocta
brachipoda
nemertea
mollusca
annelida
What are the two main groups and what characteristics do they have?
The trochozoans have a larvae form with a ring of cilia around its middle
The lophophorates have a horse-shoe shaped structure covered with ciliated tentacles
What phylum and what is it called?
phylum: Lophotrochozoans
called : trochophore larva
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