chordates species Flashcards
heterocercal
split tail w more vertebrae
homocercal
rounder tail
subphylum urochordata
tunicates and sea squirts
subphylum cephalopchordata
lancelets
subphylum craniata
everything else with a brain case
class myxini
hagfishes
class petromyzontida
lampreys, marine ectoparasites, 7 gill slits
Class Chondrichthyes
sharks, skates, rays, chimeras (cartilagenous fishes)
actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes, bony fishes
Clade Sarcopterygii
Lobed finned fishes
Muscular lobed fins
Subclass Actinistia
Coelacanths
Only one extant group, thought to be extinct but rediscovered in 1938 in East Africa
Subclass Dipnoi
Lungfish
Freshwater fishes found in Africa, SA, and America
Some are obligate air breathers
Two lungs and no swim bladder
clade tetropoda
four limbed, agonistic muscle pairs, thermal adaptations, adapted skeleton