Brachiopoda Animalia Flora and Fauna

The phylum Brachiopoda, or Lamp Shells, contains about 300 living species and about 12,000 extinct species found in the fossil record. Superficially they resemble bivalve molluscs like the cockle, but their internal basic structure is very different. Brachiopods are suspension feeding, marine, benthic lophophorates in two higher taxa, Inarticulata and Articulata.

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• Brachiopoda - Photographs of some live lamp shells and some fossil specimens.
  
• Terebratella - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, external and internal anatomy of this articulate brachiopod.
  
• Lingula - Information from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine on this lophophorate and its classification, with a detailed account of its external and internal anatomy.
  
• Liothyrella uva antarctica - Photographs and information on this species, from the Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
  
• Brachiopoda World Database - Commonly known as lamp-shells, brachiopods are solitary, sessile, benthic marine invertebrates related to the other lophophorate phylum, the Phoronida. Provides a searchable taxon tree.
  
• Phylum Brachiopoda - A thorough outline of brachiopod biology, including features, life cycle, ecology and classification.
  
• Ron Voskuil's Brachiopoda Page - Brachiopod resources, including downloadable articles and annotated links.
  
• EuroBrachNet - Directory of the specialists working on brachiopods, recent publications, and systematics and taxonomy of the Brachiopoda.
  
• 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.