phylum chordata , subphylum cephalochordata

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Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata Lancelots (Subphylum Cephalochordata) exhibit all four characteristics of chordates throughout their entire lives • Filter-feeders; use their gill slits to capture food particles • Differ from vertebrates, in that their notochord is not surrounded and protected by a vertebral column (bone)

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Page 1: Phylum  Chordata ,  Subphylum  Cephalochordata

Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata

• Lancelots (Subphylum Cephalochordata) exhibit all four characteristics of chordates throughout their entire lives

• Filter-feeders; use their gill slits to capture food particles

• Differ from vertebrates, in that their notochord is not surrounded and protected by a vertebral column (bone)

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Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata

All four characteristics of chordates are present throughout entire life

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Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata