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Best example of an adult that doesn't: Sea Squirt or Tunicate. The larvae have a notochord but the sessile adults do not.
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Claveline Picta belongs to a family of sea sponges, so the Painted Tunicate does live in salt water. Hope it helps =)
lamprey. Lampreys are jawless fish that retain chordate features such as a notochord and a dorsal hollow nerve cord throughout their entire life cycle.
A fish.A predator.A sea creature.A chordate.
They don't have a backbone and have all the characteristics of a chordate.
A ordate is an animal with a backbone. Since leafy sea dragons are a type of fish, and fish have backbones, they are chordates.
There are 6 different types of sea sponges, the tube sponge, vase sponge, yellow sponge, bright red tree sponge, painted tunicate sponge, and the sea squirt sponge.
An appendicularian is a member of the Appendicularia class of tailed tunicates - chordate marine animals including sea squirts.
An adult sea squirt has an endostyle and pharyngeal slits which are two of the five hallmark characteristics of chordates.
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