ZOOLOGY STUDY GUIDE - Ye. O. Nevedomska - 2013

LECTURE 13. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PHYLUM CHORDATA (Chordata)

Outline

1. General characteristics of the phylum Chordata.

2. General CHARACTERISTICS OF THE Subphylum Acrania. Class Cephalochordata.

3. General characteristics of the subphylum Tunicata.

4. General characteristics of the subphylum Vertebrata, or Craniata.

5. General characteristics of the infraphylum Agnatha.

Key Concepts: notochord, gill slits, coelom, filter feeders, tunic, Vertebral Column, vertebrae, Skull, zygote, blastula, gastrula, myomeres, myosepta, undulatory movements, visceral musculature, oral hood, gill pouches.



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