Subphylum Vertebrata Characteristics Classification Origin and Ancestry  

subphylum Vertebrata

What is Vertebrate:  The vertebrates are a group of Chordata in which the notochord form the series of vertebrae, the vertebral column or backbone. The vertebral column is an important part of the axial skeleton in Subphylum Vertebrata, in Subphylum Vertebrata the brain box or cranium is also an important feature.   So we can say … Read more

Difference Between Lower Vertebrate and Higher Vertebrate  

Classification in Subphylum Vertebrata

Lower Vertebrate and Higher Vertebrate:  In Vertebrate we find cranium or brain box and vertebral column along with other Chordate Characteristics, dorsal hollow nerve cord, notochord, pharyngeal gill slits. But all the members of Vertebrate do not show all the advanced features present in today Vertebrate and some of them have primitive Vertebrate characters while … Read more

Origin and Ancestry of Chordata 

Characteristics Features of Subphylum Vertebrata

The origin of Vertebrate is assumed from the lower Chordata, there is no exact evidence for Chordata ancestors because the ancestral Chordata was soft-bodied. The soft-bodied ancestral Chordata did not leave any fossil as evidence. Most of the Chordata ancestors are extinct today the primitive Chordata are present today and the resemblance of Protochordata with … Read more

Phylogeny of Subphylum Vertebrata  

subphylum Vertebrata

The present-day Vertebrata we see not present on earth from the origin of the earth, with time simple organisms evolve to complex organisms and finally evolved into Vertebrate. The phylogeny of Vertebrata means the flow of evolution through which order the simple animals evolved into Vertebrate, the phylogenetic tree represents how Vertebrate evolved from the … Read more

An Overview of Classification in Subphylum Vertebrata  

We when study carefully all the members of Subphylum Vertebrata, we can see a lot of members with similarities and a lot of dissimilarities. Based on different characters we can divide Subphylum Vertebrata into different groups, the Characters used to divide them.  Classification in Subphylum Vertebrata:   Subphylum Vertebrata is divided into two groups  Group Agatha, … Read more

Characteristics Features of Subphylum Vertebrata  

Characteristics Features of Subphylum Vertebrata

As Vertebrata comes under phylum Chordata so all the three fundamental Chordate characters are present in them, additionally they have some other features which are not present in other Subphylum of phylum Chordata. Pharyngeal Gill Slits, dorsal hollow nerve cord, and Notochord, the three fundamental Chordate characters and two extra features, presence of cranium and … Read more

Subphylum Vertebrata and its Diversity  

subphylum Vertebrata

What is Vertebrates:  Vertebrates are a group of animals under phylum Chordata which are placed under a subphylum Vertebrata, as they are Chordata so they have all the features of phylum Chordata along with they have some special features which are absent in other Subphylum of phylum Chordata.   Meaning of Vertebrata:  In vertebrates, the bony … Read more

Hemichordata Urochordata and Cephaochordata Comparative Study on Excretory System and Nervous System  

Nervous System of Branchiostoma (Amphioxus)

Primary Excretory Organ:  In Hemichordata the proboscis gland or glomerulus is present inside the proboscis coelom, at the anterior portion of the buccal in the Urochordata on the dorsal side of the body above the nerve ganglion the neural gland take part in collecting the nitrogenous excretory material. In Cephaochordata excretion occur through the protonephridia, … Read more