chordates
Cryptotis andinus
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Soricidae
A chordate ( KOR-dayt) is a bilaterian animal belonging to the phylum Chordata ( kor-DAY-tə). All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five distinctive physical characteristics (synapomorphies) that distinguish them from other taxa: a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, an endostyle or thyroid, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail. In addition to the morphological characteristics used to define chordates, analysis of genome sequences has identified two conserved signature indels (CSIs) in their proteins: cyclophilin-like protein and inner mitochondrial…
Les Chordés ou Cordés (Chordata) forment un embranchement d'animaux du clade des Bilatériens et appartenant au super-embranchement des Deutérostomiens. Leur nom provient de la notochorde, une lamelle cartilagineuse située sur le côté dorsal de l'animal, forme la plus élémentaire d'un endosquelette (squelette interne). Quatre sous-embranchements sont réunis dans ce groupe : les Cephalochordata, les Vetulicolia (aujourd'hui éteints), les Tunicata et les Vertebrata (ces deux derniers groupes sont réunis sous le clade des Olfactores).
Los apendicularios (Appendicularia) o larváceos (Larvacea) son una clase de urocordados. Son animales solitarios que nadan en las zonas pelágicas de todos los mares del mundo, prefiriendo las aguas iluminadas por la luz solar, aunque existen algunas especies que prefieren aguas más profundas y oscuras. Como todos los urocordados, son filtradores de agua.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionChordate, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family
Colombian Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis colombianus
SoricidaeMedellín Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis medellinius
SoricidaeNorth American Least Shrew
Cryptotis parvus
SoricidaeWestern Colombian Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis squamipes
SoricidaeThomas' Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis thomasi
SoricidaeEastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew
Cryptotis brachyonyx
SoricidaeEcuadorean Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis equatoris
SoricidaeMerida Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis meridensis
Soricidae