Lancelets, which are small, fish-like marine animals belonging to the subphylum Cephalochordata, do not have true eyes like those found in vertebrates. Instead, they possess light-sensitive structures called ocelli, which can detect changes in light but do not form images. These simple sensory organs help lancelets sense their environment, but they lack the complexity associated with more developed eyes.
A lancelet is a filter feeder with no brain, eyes, or heart. A sea squirt is an example of a lancelet.
Yes. Lancelets are fish and all fish are ectothermic.
chordates
Chordates such as the sea squirts and lancelets do not have a backbone that is why they are called vertebrate chordates.
yes
By contracting muscles in their body.
Acoelomate
No, lancelets do not have a backbone. They are small, fish-like marine invertebrates that belong to the subphylum Cephalochordata and possess a notochord instead of a true backbone.
Yes, lancelets are deuterostomes. Deuterostomes are a group of animals characterized by their embryonic development, in which the blastopore becomes the anus. Lancelets belong to the phylum Chordata along with vertebrates, and they exhibit deuterostome development.
They're filter feeders
bony jaws
A lancelet is fishlike and is usually about 1 inch long with a transparent body that is tapered at both ends. They are filter feeders and have no brain, eyes, or heart. Lancelets are definitely living.