Overview On Phylum Chordate - Biology Blog
Phylum Chordata dorsal, hollow nerve cord – becomes the brain spinal cord notochord - flexible, fibrous rod along the back (replaced by vertebrae in advanced vertebrates) pharyngeal gill slits - openings in the throat region. postanal tail – most other animals with tails near the anus have anus at end of the tail. T hese features may each be lost or altered in the adult. This phylum has three subphyla: 1. Cephalochordata, 2. Urochordata, and 3. Vertebrata 1. Subphylum Cephalochordata (clade) – lancelets fishlike creatures that bury selves in mud and filter feed all four key chordate feature present in adults like vertebrates, muscles broken up into bands called myomeres (body segmentation) essentially no brain in adults Ex.- Urochordata – Ascidia, Salpa, 2. Subphylum Urochordata (clade) – sea squirts, tunicates Barrel-shaped, sessile, filter-feeders Many secrete and live in a tough ce
