Lophotrochozoa Temporal range: early Cambrian – Recent
Caribbean reef squid or Sepioteuthis sepioidea is a complex lophotrochozoan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
(unranked):	Protostomia
Superphylum:	Lophotrochozoa Halanych et al., 1995
Phyla
Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Bryozoa † Hyolitha Entoprocta Brachiopoda Mollusca Annelida Dicyemida

The Lophotrochozoa ("crest-bearing animals") are a group of animals above the level of phylum. It is not part of the usual system of classification. They were recently discovered through molecular phylogeny. They include two of the most successful animal phyla, the Mollusca and Annelida. view more...