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TENTACULATA - English
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In some animal classification systems, a grouping of three marine phyla, on the basis of their somewhat similar physical structure (see ANIMAL). The members of these phyla have a short body with a true coelom, or body cavity, and bear a crown of tentacles called a lophophore. The phyla are Phoronida (see TUBE WORM), which has 18 species; Ectoprocta, or Bryozoa (see MOSS ANIMALS), with 3500 species; and Brachiopoda (see LAMPSHELL), which has 230 species.

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