Other studies place them in a clade Tetraneuralia, together with molluscs.

Names

"Entoprocta", coined in 1870, means "anus inside". The alternative name "Kamptozoa", meaning "bent" or "curved" animals, was assigned in 1929. Some authors use "Entoprocta", while others prefer "Kamptozoa".

Description

Most species are colonial, and their members are known as "zooids", since they are not fully independent animals. Zooids

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