Phylum: Chordata - vertebrates
Vertebrates such as fishes, birds, mammals and reptiles. Also the invertebrates of the subphylum Tunicata.
By definition Chordata is any animal that has a dorsal nerve cord and at some point in its life cycle a notochord - which in vertebrates develops into the spinal column. A subphylum of Chordata called Tunicata include invertebrates that meet the above defintition.
Members of the Chordata phylum at Wild Florida Photo
Actinopterygii - Ray-finned Fishes
Chondrichthyes - Rays, Sharks and relatives
salp on beach with finger for scale
Chordata is a member of the Animalia - animals - Kingdom
Other members of the Animalia kingdom
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