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Examples of Deuterostomes | Coelomate Animals | Zoology

Coelomates are animals that have internal body cavities, or coeloms. Humans are coelomates, since we have an abdominal cavity containing digestive organs, some of the excretory and reproductive organs, and a thoracic cavity that contains the heart and lungs, Coelomates also form a variety of internal and external skeletons. External skeletons and coeloms appeared during the Cambrian- Ordovician time. These [...]

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Examples of Vertebrate Chordates | Deuterostomes | Zoology

In this article we will discuss about the examples of vertebrate chordates. The first vertebrates were fishlike. Fishes are aquatic, gill-breathing vertebrates that usually have fins and skin covered with scales. The larval form of a modern-day lamprey, which looks like a lancelet, may resemble the first vertebrates- it has the three chordate characteristics (like the tunicate larva), as well [...]

By |2017-12-11T06:20:07+00:00December 11, 2017|Examples|Comments Off on Examples of Vertebrate Chordates | Deuterostomes | Zoology
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