Chordate - Wikipedia
NETTETA chordate (/ ˈ k ɔːr d eɪ t / KOR-dayt) is a deuterostomic animal belonging to the phylum Chordata (/ k ɔːr ˈ d eɪ t ə / kor-DAY-tə). All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five distinctive physical characteristics ( synapomorphies ) that distinguish them from other taxa .
Chordate | Definition, Characteristics, & Facts | Britannica
NETTETchordate, any member of the phylum Chordata, which includes the vertebrates (subphylum Vertebrata), the most highly evolved animals, as well as two other subphyla—the tunicates (subphylum Tunicata) and cephalochordates (subphylum Cephalochordata). Some classifications also include the phylum Hemichordata with …
Chordata - Definition and Examples - Biology Online Dictionary
NETTET6. aug. 2023 · Chordata (biology definition): a phylum of the animal kingdom comprising all the animals that have, at some stage in their life, a notochord (a hollow dorsal nerve cord), pharyngeal slits, and a muscular tail extending past the anus. Includes the subphyla Cephalochordata, Urochordata, and Vertebrata (vertebrates).
Chordate - Definition, Characteristics and Examples - Biology …
NETTET7. apr. 2019 · Chordate Definition. A chordate is an animal that belongs to the phylum Chordata, which is part of the Deuterostomes kingdom. Organisms in the Deuterostomes kingdom have a distinct characteristic: their anus develops before their mouth in early embryonic stages.
Characteristics of chordates | Britannica
NETTETchordate , Any member of the phylum Chordata, which includes the most highly evolved animals, the vertebrates, as well as the marine invertebrate cephalochordates ( see amphioxus) and tunicates. All chordates, at some time in their life cycle, possess a dorsal supporting rod (notochord), gill slits, and a dorsal nerve cord.
Chordate - Evolution, Paleontology, Anatomy | Britannica
NETTETThis article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy. Chordate - Evolution, Paleontology, Anatomy: Chordates may have originated earlier than 590 million years ago and predate the fossil record. Hemichordates are probably the closest relatives of chordates.
Introduction to the Chordata - University of California Museum of ...
NETTETThe Chordata is the animal phylum with which everyone is most intimately familiar, since it includes humans and other vertebrates . However, not all chordates are vertebrates. All chordates have the following features at some point in their life (in the case of humans and many other vertebrates, these features may only be present in …
29.1: Chordates - Biology LibreTexts
NETTETThe characteristic features of Chordata are a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail. Chordata contains two clades of invertebrates: Urochordata (tunicates) and Cephalochordata (lancelets), together with the vertebrates in …
29.1 Chordates - Biology 2e | OpenStax
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5.9.2: Chordates - Biology LibreTexts
NETTETCharacteristics of Chordata Animals in the phylum Chordata share five key characteristics that appear at some stage during their development: a notochord, a dorsal hollow (tubular) nerve cord, pharyngeal gill arches or slits, a post-anal tail, and an endostyle/thyroid gland (Figure 29.3).
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