# Hyoliths are lophophores! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546 "2017-01-19T16:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/1 "2017-01-19T16:55:10Z")
In the least headline grabbing paleontology story since “[Tully Monsters are lamprey](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160316151112.htm)s”, once again a paleozoic mystery species [proves to be a little bit less mysterious](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170111132815.htm) than originally thought. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/2 "2017-01-19T17:49:02Z")
At last ! At last ! I told them, I told them all, but the fools wouldn’t listen. Blundering, stick-in-the-mud, go-by-the book bureaucrats… Sweet I-told-you-so vindication at last ! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/3 "2017-01-19T18:06:25Z")
With this question answered, can curing cancer be far away? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/4 "2017-01-19T22:16:27Z")
_jaw drops_ _eyes widen_ Finally! I mean, having them classed as brachiopods would have been enough, but to go full on and include the lophophore thing, it’s just sublime. Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/5 "2017-01-19T22:58:22Z")
But what about my mollusk stock? I’ll be ruined! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/6 "2017-01-25T05:37:06Z")
Is this a _Lord of the Rings_ thread? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/7 "2017-01-25T10:52:49Z")
[Cone-shaped animals](http://sanctuary.prelucid.com/library/index.php?title=Great_Race_of_Yith) :eek: ? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/8 "2021-11-08T05:12:19Z")
In the latest [hyolith](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018220302935)-related news, their abandonded shells apparently became homes for some dickworms. > **[Ferocious 'penis worms' were the hermit crabs of the ancient seas](https://www.livescience.com/penis-worms-hermit-shell-behavior)** > > These phallus-shaped worms were some of the top predators of the ancient seas — but even they needed protection. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/9 "2021-11-08T15:16:01Z")
Which I believe was the title of the least successful “Yes” album. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyoliths-are-lophophores/777546/10 "2023-04-18T00:43:01Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In the least headline grabbing paleontology story since “[Tully Monsters are lamprey](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160316151112.htm)s”, Not so fast! > **[New details of Tully monster revealed](https://phys.org/news/2023-04-tully-monster-revealed.html)** > > For more than half a century, the Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium), an enigmatic animal that lived about 300 million years ago, has confounded paleontologists, with its strange anatomy making it difficult to classify. Recently, a group of...