 While a minority adhere to this view, most researchers now regard phoronids as members of the protostome super-phylum Lophotrochozoa.Although analysts using molecular phylogeny are confident that members of Lophotrochozoa are more closely related to each other than of non-members, the relationships between members are mostly unclear.Some analyses regard phoronids and brachiopods as sister-groups, while others place phoronids as a sub-group within brachiopoda.