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Most living chordates have backbones but all have notochords at some point in their development. In the case of the kangaroo, it had a notochord while an embryo.
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Why are Echinoderms classified into phylum Chordata?
They do not have a notochord or hollow nerve tube ;)
If an unknown organism has bilateral symmetry and a long slender and smooth worm-like body that is not segmented into which phylum can it be classified?
chordata
What is the phylum of a stingray?
Chordata
What is the scientific name for dog in phylum?
The Domestic Dog belongs to the Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia and Order Carnivora.
What phylum has jaws and skulls that are important in their evolution?
Phylum Chordata.
What phylum is coyote?
They are classified in the phylum Chordata.
What is a phylum of a kangaroo?
There are over 60 species of kangaroo. They include the larger kangaroos as well as wallabies, wallaroos, tree kangaroos, bettongs, rat-kangaroos, potoroos, quokkas and pademelons. Generally, the creatures recognised as kangaroos are the two species of Grey kangaroo, and the Red kangaroo. These are classified as follows:Kingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaInfraclass MarsupialiaOrder DiprotodontiaFamily MacropodidaeGenus Macropus
What is classified in the same phylum as humans?
Sea squirts are classified in the same phylum (Chordata) as humans.
Do butterflies have chordatas?
Chordata is not something you "have." It is a way if classifying an animal. "Chordata" is a phylum in which vertebraes, urochodatas, and cephalochordates are put under (how they are classified). If your question was meant to be "are butterflies chordates" then the answer is no. Butterflies are classified under the phylum "Arthropoda," not under the phylum Chordata.
Why are Echinoderms classified into phylum Chordata?
They do not have a notochord or hollow nerve tube ;)
What is the difference between a chordata phylum and a vertebrae phylum?
Chordata is a phylum, vertabrate (vertabrata) is a sub-phylum. Although this is not well-known, the phylum chordata contains some (very few) invertabrates (animals without a backbone) such as sea squirts. So the phylum chordata is futher classified into 2 sub-phyla, vertabrata (vertabrates) and invertabrata (invertabrates).
Vertebrates are classified under the Phylum chordata?
Yes, vertebrates are classified under the phylum Chordata. This phylum includes animals with a notochord, a hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail at some point in their life cycle. Vertebrates are characterized by having a backbone or spinal column.
Fish are classified under phylum chordata?
Yes, fish are classified under the phylum Chordata because they possess a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail during some stage of their life cycle.
What phylum do birds belong to?
Phylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: Chordata
To what phylum do vertebrates belong?
Vertebrates belong in the phylum Chordata.
Why are birds and bats classified in one phylum?
Birds and Bats both have spinal chords, the primary characteristic of the phylum Chordata.
What is the phylum for a yellow margin moray eel?
Moray eels are fish, and like all vertebrates, they are classified in the Phylum Chordata.
