ZLY 202- BASIC CHORDATE NOTE

Chordates

Characteristics of Chordates

Sub Phylum Hemichordata

General Characteristics of Hemichordata

Classification

Representative Animal

Saccoglossus

Sub-Phylum Urochordata

General Characteristics of Urochordata

Representative Type: Ciona

Biology of Lancelet

Agnatha or Cyclostoma

Myxiniformae

Similarities with Cephalochordate

Vertebrate Features of Agnatha

Difference between Petromyzon & Myxine

Osteichthyes (Bony Fish)

Biology of Tilapia

Class Chondrichthyes

Origin of Fish

Origin of Jawed Fish (Gnasthostomata)

Chondrichthyes

Characteristics of Chondrichthyes

Amphibians

Diagnostic Features of Toads

Modification of the Vertebrate Column

Aves (Birds)

Similarities between Birds & Reptiles

Characteristics of Aves

Structural & Functional Uniformity in Aves

Structural & Functional Adaptation for Flight

Skeletal System of Birds

Class Mammal

Characteristics of Mammals

Biology of Rattus Rattus