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Introduction to the Brachiopoda - Introduction to the Brachiopods, commonly known as lampshells.
Systematics of the Brachiopoda - Information from the University of California Paleontology Museum.
Minor Invertebrate Phyla - Phylum Brachiopoda - Phylum Brachiopoda -- brought to you by Biological Sciences at the University of Paisley.
Phylum Brachiopoda - A thorough outline of brachiopod biology, including features, life cycle, ecology and classification.
EuroBrachNet - Directory of the specialists working on brachiopods, recent publications, and systematics and taxonomy of the Brachiopoda.
Ron Voskuil's Brachiopoda Page - Brachiopod resources, including downloadable articles and annotated links.
Introduction to the Phoronida - Introduction to the Phoronida, a small phylum related to brachiopods and bryozoans.

Inarticulata - Inarticulata was historically defined as one of the two classes of the phylum Brachiopoda and referred to those having no hinge. The other class was Articulata, meaning articulated – having a hinge between the dorsal and ventral valves.
Lophophore - The lophophore is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by three major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, and Phoronida. All lophophores are aquatic.
Brachiopod - Brachiopods (from Latin bracchium, arm + New Latin -poda, foot) are a nearly extinct, small phylum of benthic, invertebrates . Also known as lamp shells (or lampshells), "brachs" or Brachiopoda, they are sessile, two-shelled, marine animals with an external morphology superficially resembling pelecypods (for instance, clams) of phylum Mollusca to which they are not closely related.