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Characteristics of Phylum Chordata

This document provides information about the phylum Chordata. It discusses the four defining traits of chordates which are always present - a notochord, pharyngeal slits/pouches, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, and a postanal tail. It also covers the embryonic development of chordates including stages like the zygote, morula, blastula, gastrula, and neurula. Key subgroups discussed are the urochordates, cephalochordates, and examples like ascidians, thaliaceans, larvaceans, and amphioxus.

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Characteristics of Phylum Chordata

This document provides information about the phylum Chordata. It discusses the four defining traits of chordates which are always present - a notochord, pharyngeal slits/pouches, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, and a postanal tail. It also covers the embryonic development of chordates including stages like the zygote, morula, blastula, gastrula, and neurula. Key subgroups discussed are the urochordates, cephalochordates, and examples like ascidians, thaliaceans, larvaceans, and amphioxus.

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Phylum Chordata

Phylum Chordata
Deuterostomes The four traits ALWAYS
Notochord Pharyngeal slits/pouches Hollow, dorsal nerve cord Postanal tail

Other traits
Endostyle or thyroid gland Segmental musculature

Its What All the Chordates are Wearing

Its What All the Chordates are Wearing

Stages & Events of Chordate Embryogenesis


Developmental Process Embryonic Stage

Zygote Morula Blastula Gastrula


Neurulation

Neurula Pharyngula

Fetus

Cleavage Generates a Blastula

Gastrulation & Neurulation

Fates of Embryonic Germ Layers

Gastrulation & Neurulation

Notochord

Embryonic mesodermal structure Induces neural tube formation Serves as a dorsal support structure

Notochord & Formation of Neural Tube

NT
N

NT
N

Pharyngula Staged Vertebrate Embryos

Chordate Cladistics

Phylogenetic Relationship between Echinoderms, Hemichordates & Chordates

Chordate Phylogeny

Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Urochordata

Protochordates
SP Urochordata
Notochord only in tail Tadpole-like larvae

Larvacian

Class Ascidiacea Class Thaliacea Class Larvacea


Ascidian
Thaliacian

Urochordate Larvae

Ascidian Larvae & Metamorphosis

Ascidian Adult Anatomy

Solitary Ascidians
Clavelina puertosecensis

Compound Tunicate Colony

Class Thaliacea (Salps)

Class Larvacea

The Ancestral Chordate

Phylum Chordata Subphylum Cephalochordata


Maintain chordate structures throughout life Segmental myomeres very apparent Notochord extends entire length of body

Amphioxus Maintains All Chordate Characters


Notochord Dorsal neural tube Pharyngeal slits/pouches originate from neural crest
Analogous to gill slits, inner ear & larynx

Postanal tail
Extension of body muscle beyond anal opening

tail

Amphioxus

Pikaia
Earliest known fossil chordate Burgess shale of BC Obvious similarity to cephalochordates

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