Slide 1Chordata: Urochordata and Cephalochordata Michelle Sit and Paul Riviere Slide 2 What is a Chordata Chordata are fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, tunicates…

Slide 1 Chordates An Introduction Slide 2 Kingdom Animalia- All inverts & verts 1.Phylum Chordata: All have nerve cords. 3 subphyla : A- Urochordata (tunicates aka sea…

Slide 1 Vertebrate Origins Slide 2 Vertebrates are but a single subphylum within the chordates. What defines a chordate? Notochord at some stage of development. Dorsal hollow…

Cephalochordata lancelets (habitat/ Adaptation) Lancelets live in sandy bottoms They live in shallow seawater. They live in protected coastal beaches. Urochordata tunicates…

http://funscubadiver.com/gallery/belize-scuba-photo/belize-painted-tunicate.jpg Lancelets and Tunicates Tadpole-like larvae A notochord, semi-flexible rod running down the…

PowerPoint Presentation Chordates An Introduction Kingdom Animalia- All inverts & verts Phylum Chordata: All have nerve cords. 3 subphyla : A- Urochordata (tunicates…

Phylum Chordata The phylum Chordata contains all animals that possess, at some point during their lives, a hollow nerve cord and a notochord, a flexible rod between the nerve…

PowerPoint Presentation Vertebrate Origins Vertebrates are but a single subphylum within the chordates. What defines a chordate? Notochord at some stage of development. Dorsal…