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Chordates have a nerve cord running their backs. Some chordates are vertebrates. They have vertebrate, or a segmented backbone, protecting the nerve cord.
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Is a hippo a vertebrate or an invertebrate?
It is vertebrate Chordate.
What is a synonym for vertebrate?
Backboned
What is the differenece between a vertebrate chordate and an invertebrate chordate?
I do not know to be honest, sorry.
A vertebrate is any chordate that has a?
A vertebrate is defined as a chordate that has a backbone. The backbone is called the vertebrae. Vertebrates also have a nerve cord that is hollow.
Is a snake an invertebrate chordate?
No. A snake is a vertebrate.
Is a Lancet a vertebrate?
No, it only has a notochord no vertebrae so it is only a Chordate not yet a vertebrate.
Is a Catfish a cnidarian?
No, a catfish is a chordate of the vertebrate variety.
How is a chordate different from a vertebrate?
A vertebrate is a type of chordate. For example In the phylum Chordata they're are three subphyla, Urochordata, Cephalochordata, and Vertebrata. Vertebrates fall in the subphyla Vertebrata.
Is octopus is vertebrate or non vertebrate?
The octopus is not a member of phylum Chordata, so it is not a chordate.
Why is the platypus a chordate?
A chordate is any animal that has a notochord or spinal chord. Any animal that is a vertebrate, i.e. mammals, birds, fish, reptiles or amphibians, is a chordate, or member of the phylum Chordata. As the platypus is a mammal, this includes platypuses as well.
What is the difference between an invertebrate and a chordate?
The notochord of a vertebrate differs from that of an invertebrate because a vertebrates eventually turns into a back bone. Invertebrates just disappears.
Does a pigeon have a vertebrate?
All birds are vertebrates.
