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Does tunic-ate have vertebrates?
Tunicates are invertebrates.
Do tunicates and lanceletes have back bones?
No. They are both chordates, which means during embryonic development they have a notochord, the same as vertebrates. This does not persist in tunicates, but it does in lancelets (adults still have a notochord). Neither tunicates or lancelets have a backbone.
What is the popular name for chordates?
There isn't a "popular name" for them. The most familiar chordates are the vertebrates, but not all chordates are vertebrates (tunicates, for example, are chordates).
How the classification phylum Chordata is organized into subphylums?
The phylum Chordata is organized into three subphyla: Urochordata (tunicates), Cephalochordata (amphioxus), and Vertebrata (vertebrates). These subphyla are distinguished by specific characteristics, such as the presence or absence of a backbone, which differentiate them within the larger phylum Chordata.
What are the examples of protochordata?
Examples of Protochordata include Lancelets (Cephalochordata) and Tunicates (Urochordata). These organisms are marine chordates that exhibit characteristics of both invertebrates and vertebrates.
What eats tunicates?
Tunicates are part of the phylum Chordata, and there are as many of 2,150 species of them. Sea stars, flatworms, and snails are some of the predators of tunicates.
What animals eat Predatory Tunicates?
the hawsbill and leatherback sea turtle eats tunicates
What is scientific name of tunicates?
The scientific name for tunicates is Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Tunicata.
Is a Bottlenose dolphin a vertebrate?
Yes. All animals which have a spine, or backbone, are classified in the phylum Chordata. There are three subphylums in Chordata: Urochordata (tunicates), Cephalachordata (lancelets), and Vertebrata (vertebrates). Dolphins belong to the phylum Chordata because they are vertebrates.
What Tunicates and lancelets are two subphyla of animals classified as what?
chordates
Is phylum Chordata represents vertebrate animals exclusively?
No, the phylum Chordata includes both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Vertebrates are a subphylum within Chordata and have a backbone or spinal column, whereas invertebrate chordates, like tunicates and lancelets, lack a backbone.
What do Tunicates resemble floor of the sea?
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