Question

Write 8 salient features of Phylum Chordata.

Answer 1

Notochord present Dorsal hollow nerve cord persists throughout the life, Pharyngeal gill clefts, Presence of ventral heart, Post anal tail, They are bilateral, symmetrical, triploblastic, eucoelomates & metamerically segmented animals, Presence of hepatic portal system, Eyes derived from brain etc.. are the salient features of phylum chordata.

Answer 2

1) Ventral heart
2) Post anal tail
3) Notochord present
4) Pharyngeal gill slits
5) Hepatic portal system
6) Eyes derived from brain
7) Nerve cord present
8) bilaterally symmetrical body