Lophotrochozoa
E93460
Lophotrochozoa is a major clade of protostome animals that includes diverse groups such as annelid worms, mollusks, and brachiopods, united by shared developmental and molecular characteristics.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lophotrochozoa canonical | 16 |
| Lophotrochozoa (in many classifications) | 1 |
| Phoronida | 1 |
| clade Lophotrochozoa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T784262 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lophotrochozoa Context triple: [Annelida, superphylum, Lophotrochozoa]
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A.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
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B.
Deuterostomia
Deuterostomia is a major animal clade that includes chordates (such as vertebrates) and echinoderms, characterized by a distinctive embryonic development pattern in which the anus forms before the mouth.
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C.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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D.
Annelida
Annelida is a phylum of segmented worms that includes earthworms, leeches, and many marine worms characterized by their ring-like body segments.
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E.
Echinodermata
Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates that includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, characterized by radial symmetry and a water vascular system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lophotrochozoa Target entity description: Lophotrochozoa is a major clade of protostome animals that includes diverse groups such as annelid worms, mollusks, and brachiopods, united by shared developmental and molecular characteristics.
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A.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a major animal clade of molting invertebrates that includes arthropods, nematodes, and several related phyla.
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B.
Deuterostomia
Deuterostomia is a major animal clade that includes chordates (such as vertebrates) and echinoderms, characterized by a distinctive embryonic development pattern in which the anus forms before the mouth.
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C.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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D.
Annelida
Annelida is a phylum of segmented worms that includes earthworms, leeches, and many marine worms characterized by their ring-like body segments.
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E.
Echinodermata
Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates that includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, characterized by radial symmetry and a water vascular system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
protostome clade ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| definedBy |
molecular phylogenetics
ⓘ
ribosomal RNA sequence data ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Deuterostomia
ⓘ
Ecdysozoa ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from lophophore and trochophore ⓘ |
| firstDescribedIn | 1990s ⓘ |
| geneticMarker | conserved Hox gene clusters ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater environments
ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ |
| hasBodyPlan | triploblastic ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
lophophore feeding structure in some members
ⓘ
spiral cleavage ⓘ trochophore larva ⓘ |
| hasCoelomType | coelomate in many groups ⓘ |
| hasDevelopmentalMode | protostomy ⓘ |
| hasDiversity | high morphological diversity ⓘ |
| hasMember |
annelid worms
ⓘ
brachiopods ⓘ mollusks ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Lophophorata
ⓘ
Platyzoa ⓘ Trochozoa ⓘ |
| hasSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Acanthocephala
ⓘ
Annelida ⓘ Brachiopoda ⓘ Bryozoa ⓘ Chaetognatha ⓘ Xenacoelomorpha ⓘ
surface form:
Cycliophora
Sipuncula ⓘ
surface form:
Echiura
Entoprocta ⓘ Gastrotricha ⓘ Micrognathozoa ⓘ
surface form:
Gnathostomulida
Micrognathozoa ⓘ Mollusca ⓘ Nemertea ⓘ Lophotrochozoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Phoronida
Platyhelminthes ⓘ Rotifera ⓘ Sipuncula ⓘ Tardigrada ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| partOf | Spiralia ⓘ |
| reproduction | mostly sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Bilateria
ⓘ
Eumetazoa ⓘ Metazoa ⓘ Protostomia ⓘ |
| superphylum | Lophotrochozoa self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lophotrochozoa Description of subject: Lophotrochozoa is a major clade of protostome animals that includes diverse groups such as annelid worms, mollusks, and brachiopods, united by shared developmental and molecular characteristics.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Phoronida
this entity surface form:
clade Lophotrochozoa
this entity surface form:
Lophotrochozoa (in many classifications)