Phylum: Cordata
Phylum: Cordata
Scientific Name: Deuterostomia
Common Name: Cordates. Include two subphylums-tunicates and cephalochordates
Description: A chordate is an animal of the phylum Chordata. During some period of their life cycle, chordates have a notochord, dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail.
3 Interesting Facts:
1.All have gill slits that lead into the throat or pharynx.
2.All have blood enclosed in blood vessels, although they may not have blood cells
3.All have a tubular nerve cord
Scientific Name: Deuterostomia
Common Name: Cordates. Include two subphylums-tunicates and cephalochordates
Description: A chordate is an animal of the phylum Chordata. During some period of their life cycle, chordates have a notochord, dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail.
3 Interesting Facts:
1.All have gill slits that lead into the throat or pharynx.
2.All have blood enclosed in blood vessels, although they may not have blood cells
3.All have a tubular nerve cord