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Iotuba

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
†Iotuba

Phylum
  
incertae sedis

Species
  
†I. chengjiangensis

Iotuba chengjiangensis is a problematic Cambrian fossil with a U-shaped gut and tentacles, known from the Chengjiang biota. Originally interpreted as a phoronid, its affinity is currently disputed. It, and the possibly-synonymous taxon Eophoronis, resemble the 'priapulid' Louisella.

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Iotuba Wikipedia