Chordate - Wikipedia 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 Some classifications also include the phylum Hemichordata with the chordates
29. 1A: Characteristics of Chordata - Biology LibreTexts In chordates, it is located dorsally (at the top of the animal) to the notochord In contrast to the chordates, other animal phyla are characterized by solid nerve cords that are located either ventrally or laterally
Introduction to the Chordata From sea otters to sea squirts The Chordata is the animal phylum with which everyone is most intimately familiar, since it includes humans and other vertebrates However, not all chordates are vertebrates
Phylum Chordata | manoa. hawaii. edu ExploringOurFluidEarth Examples of vertebrate chordates include fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals A modern human—one species of mammal—is a familiar example of a chordate However, we share this phylum with two groups of invertebrates as well