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    The document discusses the phyla Hemichordata, Chordata, and some of its subphyla. It notes that hemichordates are deuterostomes with gill slits and a dorsal nerve cord. Chordates are also deuterostomes and all have a notochord, gill slits, dorsal nerve cord, and postanal tail at some point in their development. The subphyla Urochordata and Cephalochordata are discussed, with Urochordata including sea squirts that lose chordate characteristics as adults and Cephalochordata containing lancelets.

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    The document discusses the phyla Hemichordata, Chordata, and some of its subphyla. It notes that hemichordates are deuterostomes with gill slits and a dorsal nerve cord. Chordates are also deuterostomes and all have a notochord, gill slits, dorsal nerve cord, and postanal tail at some point in their development. The subphyla Urochordata and Cephalochordata are discussed, with Urochordata including sea squirts that lose chordate characteristics as adults and Cephalochordata containing lancelets.

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    Invertebrate

    Chordates

    Hemichordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Hemichordates

    Deuterostomes
    Gill slits
    Dorsal nerve cord
    Classes of Hemichordates

    Enteropneusta
    Acorn worms
    Shallow marine animals
    Pterobranchia
    Rhabdopleura
    Colonial, send out feeding zooids
    Acorn Worm
    Phylum Chordata

    All chordates are deuterostomes


    At some time in their life, all chordates
    have:
    Notochord
    Pharyngeal gill slits
    Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
    Postanal tail
    Subphylum Urochordata

    Sea squirts or tunicates


    Larvae show the characteristics of
    chordates
    Adults lose notochord, nerve cord, and
    tail
    Only animals to have cellulose in their
    bodies!
    Tunicates:

    Are filter feeders


    Do not have complex nervous systems
    Often form large colonies
    Are monoecious
    Tunicate Larva
    Adult tunicates
    Subphylum Cephalochordata

    Lancelets (Amphioxus)
    Notochord runs from head through tail
    Muscles can contract the notochord
    Live partially buried in marine sediment
    Filter feeders
    Dioecious

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