To answer the question in the simplest way, the manatee has a backbone.
However, there is more to it than that, especially given that there are two invertebrate chordate groups - Urochordata (tunicates) and Cephalachordata (lancelets) - whose backbone is not in the form of actual vertebrae.
As Chordates (or members of the phylum Chordata), manatees share the following characteristics:
Echinoderms are not classified in phylum Chordata. They belong to their own phylum called Echinodermata. Chordates, on the other hand, are characterized by the presence of a notochord, which echinoderms lack.
The phylum of a stingray is Chordata.
The same phylum you belong to! Chordata.
The bat is a member of the chordata phylum, and of the mammalia class, of the chiroptera family.
A kangaroo is classified in the phylum Chordata because it possesses a notochord, which is a flexible rod-like structure that provides support during embryonic development. Additionally, kangaroos have a dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail at some point in their development, all of which are defining characteristics of animals within the phylum Chordata.
They are classified in the phylum Chordata.
Sea squirts are classified in the same phylum (Chordata) as humans.
Dugongs are Phylum Chordata because they possess a notochord at some point in their development, which is a defining characteristic of the phylum. This notochord provides structural support for the body and is present in all chordates at some stage of their life cycle.
Echinoderms are not classified in phylum Chordata. They belong to their own phylum called Echinodermata. Chordates, on the other hand, are characterized by the presence of a notochord, which echinoderms lack.
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).
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.
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.
Birds and Bats both have spinal chords, the primary characteristic of the phylum Chordata.
Moray eels are fish, and like all vertebrates, they are classified in the Phylum Chordata.
Dogs are in the Chordata phylum, therefore Pit Bulls are in the Chordata phylum.
The canary is classified in the kingdom of animalia, in the phylum chordata, in the class aves.
Birds belong to the phylum Chordata, specifically the subphylum Vertebrata. This means that birds are vertebrate animals with a backbone.