Explain the lophotrochozoan clade in terms of shared derived characteristics, homology, and homoplasy.

In terms of shared derived characteristics, the lophotrochozoan clade have an evolutionary novelty that is unique to it.

In terms of homology, the lophotrochozoan clade are Monophyletic, i. e they are made up of an ancestral species and all of its descendants. All are similar in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry.

In terms of homoplasy, the lophotrochozoan clade have similar area correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.