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