Question

What does chordates mean ?

Answer 1

Chordates are animals that have a distinct set of features, including a backbone or a spinal cord, a dorsal nerve cord, an endostyle, and pharyngeal gill slits. These animals include vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) as well as some invertebrates, like lancelets and tunicates.

Answer 2

Chordata is a phylum (group) of animals which have a notochord. The group includes vertebrates, with some closely related invertebrates. In case you don't know what is notochord. Notochord. This flexible skeletal rod that's made of cartilage is what gives chordates their name.

The notochord runs between an animal’s digestive tube and its nerve cord and provides support for the body. It is the precursor of a backbone, or spine, in vertebrates.

Example : Any vertebrate you can think of is in the phylum Chordata. That means pandas, crows, sharks, salamanders, alligators, humans, etc.

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