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Chordate

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: a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, an endostyle or thyroid…

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Chordate

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related to Classification · 45
Chordate → Acanthodii, Acraniata, Agnatha, AnaspidaClass, Ascidiacea, CathaymyrusGenus, CephalaspidomorphiInfraphylum Gnathostomata, Chondrichthyes, Class, Class Amphibia, Class Appendicularia, Class Chondrichthyes, Class Leptocardii, Class Petromyzontida, Class Sauropsida, Class Synapsida, Class Thaliacea, ConodontaClass, Craniata, Fishes
related to overview · 10
Chordate → As, ATP23, Attempts, Chordata, CSIs, DNA, In, Some, The, There
related to Anatomy · 9
Chordate → Among, An, Chordates, In, It, Pharyngeal, The, This, Vertebrata
related to Etymology · 9
Chordate → Although, Chordata, Chordates, Ernst Haeckel, German, ICZN, The, Though, William Bateson
related to External links · 9
Chordate → April, February, GlobalTwitcher, Life, NCBI Taxonomy Archived, The Encyclopedia, Tree Of Life Archived, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineChordate
related to Tunicates (Urochordata) · 6
Chordate → All, Appendicularia, Each, The, Their, They
related to Closest non-chordate relatives · 5
Chordate → Ambulacraria, Deuterostomia, Echinodermata, The, The Chordata
related to Echinoderms · 5
Chordate → Crinoids, Echinoderms, Other, The, Their
related to Hemichordates · 5
Chordate → Each, Hemichordates, Pterobranchs, The, There
related to Lancelets (Cephalochordata) · 2
Chordate → The, These

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chordates tunicates vertebrates also vertebrata cephalochordata cambrian phylum clade tunicata notochord echinoderms tail species two sea one group taxa cephalochordates

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the conodonts are chordatesinstance ofExtinct taxa0.80text
but their internal placement is less certaininstance ofExtinct taxa0.80text
Chordaterelated to AnatomyChordates0.60section
Chordaterelated to AnatomyAmong0.60section
Chordaterelated to AnatomyVertebrata0.60section
Chordaterelated to AnatomyIn0.60section
Chordaterelated to AnatomyPharyngeal0.60section
Chordaterelated to AnatomyThe0.60section
Chordaterelated to AnatomyAn0.60section
Chordaterelated to AnatomyThis0.60section
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Chordaterelated to ClassificationThe0.60section

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