Describe the major characteristic of phylum chordata ?
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Characteristics of Chordata. Animals in the phylum Chordata share five key chacteristics that appear at some stage during their development: a notochord, a dorsal hollow (tubular) nerve cord, pharyngeal gill arches or slits, a post-anal tail, and an endostyle/thyroid gland ((Figure)).
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PHYLUM CHORDATA
★A chordata is an animal that has 4 specific characteristics during their life cycle :-
1) Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
2) Notochord - a long supporting rod that runs through the body below the nerve cord.
3) Post and tail
4) Pharyngeal pouches (gill slits)