Chapter 2 - The Phylum Chordata Flashcards
Subphylum = tunicates or sea squirts
Urochordata or Tunicata
Subphylum = amphioxus and its allies
Cephalochordata or Acrania
Subphylum = all chordates with an endoskeleton of cartilage or bone or a combination of these
Vertebrata or Craniata
Fishlike animals w/o jaws and w/ no or poorly developed fins
Agnatha
Round-mouthed fishes
Cyclostomata
Cartilaginous fishes
Chondrichthyes
Sharks, skates, and rays
Elasmobranchii or Euselachii
Bony fishes
Osteichthyes
Lobe-finned fishes
Crossopterygii
Ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii or Teleostomi
Cold-blooded aquatic or terrestrial vertebrates
Amphibia
Cold-blooded aquatic or terrestrial tetrapods
Reptilia
Long-tailed lizard-like reptiles
Rhynchocephalia
Warm-blooded oviparious tetrapods with feathers
Aves
Warm-blooded, nearly always viviparous aquatic or terrestrial tetrapods clothed with hair, or naked with sparse hairs
Mammalia
Oviparous mammals
Prototheria
Mammals with an abdominal skin pouch
Metatheria
Placental mammals
Eutheria or Monodelphia or Placentilia
Flying mammals (bats)
Chiroptera
Fishlike animals
Ichthyopsida
Study of fish
Ichthyology
Reptile-like animals
Sauropsida
Study of amphibians and reptiles
Herpetology
Refers to the fact that their embryos are naked (fish and amphibians)
Anamniota or Anamnia
