- Chordate - Wikipedia
A chordate ( ˈkɔːrdeɪt KOR-dayt) is a bilaterian animal belonging to the phylum Chordata ( kɔːrˈdeɪtə 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
Chordate, any member of the phylum Chordata, which includes the vertebrates, the most highly evolved animals, as well as two other subphyla—the tunicates and cephalochordates
- Chordate - Examples, Characteristics, Phylogeny, and Pictures
Presently, around 81,000 extant chordate species are divided into three subphyla: cephalochordates (Cephalochordata), tunicates (Tunicata), and vertebrates or craniates (Vertebrata) Chordates possess five characteristics that distinguish them from other animal phyla
- Chordates – Biology - UH Pressbooks
The chordates are named for the notochord, which is a flexible, rod-shaped structure that is found in the embryonic stage of all chordates and in the adult stage of some chordate species
- Chordates | OpenStax Biology 2e - Lumen Learning
Chordate features In chordates, four common features appear at some point during development: a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail
- Chordate - New World Encyclopedia
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes all the vertebrates (subphylum Vertebrata), as well as two subphylum of invertebrates, the Urochordata (tunicates) and the Cephalochordata (lancelets)
- 29. 1: Chordates - Biology LibreTexts
The chordates are named for the notochord, which is a flexible, rod-shaped structure that is found in the embryonic stage of all chordates and in the adult stage of some chordate species
- Chordate - Definition, Characteristics and Examples | Biology Dictionary
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
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