CHORDATES

PISCES
UROCHORDATA CEPHALOCHORDATA CYCLOSTOMATA CHARACTER CHARACTER AMPHIBIAN REPTILIA AVES MAMALS
CHONDRICHTHYES OSTEICHTHYES
Exc. MARINE Exc. MARINE HABITAT MARINE MARINE & FRESH HABITAT AQUA & TERR. TERR. TERR ALL
Mouth Circular Sucking type
only at larval tail head to tail (all life) BODY TEMP POIKILO (COLD) POIKILO (COLD) BODY TEMP POIKILO (COLD) POIKILO (COLD) HOMEO(WARM) HOMEO(WARM)
Neural gland Flame cells Gill Slit 6-15 pair RESPIRATION GILLS (5-7 PAIR) GILLS(4 PAIR) RESPIRATION GILL,LUNGS,SKIN LUNGS LUNGS (AIR SACS) LUNGS
OCCIPETAL
Open Closed OCCIPETAL CONDYLE MONO DI MONO MONO DI
Ectoparasite on fishes CONDYLE
ASCIDIA BRANCHIOSTOMA CRANIAL NERVE 10 PAIR CRANIAL NERVE 10 PAIR 12 PAIR 12 PAIR 12 PAIR

SALPA LANCELET
EXTERNAL ABS. ONLY EXTERNAL ABS. ONLY
paired appendages & EAR INTERNAL ONLY EAR ALL NO PINNA ALL
TYMPANUM TYMPANUM
DOLIOLUM
scales absent
AMNIOTIC MEM. NO AMNIOTIC MEM. NO YES YES YES
DRY CORNIFIED NON OIL GLAND AT BASE OF
metamorphosis SKIN GLAND MUCOUS SKIN GLAND MUCOUS
GLANDULAR SKIN TAIL
SWEAT & SEBACEOUS

fresh->sea->fresh EXCRETORY WASTE UREO AMMONO HEAD & TRUNK FORELIMBS---> WINGS MAMMARY GLAND
PETROMYZON (lamprey) MOUTH VENTRAL TERMINAL EYELIDS PRE. 3 CHAMBERED PNEUMATIC BONES SKIN POSSES HAIRS
GILL COVERING CROCODILE 4 CHAMBER RESPIRATION BY LUNGS
MYXINE (Hag fish) ABS. PRE. CLOACA PRE.
(OPERCULUM) HEART AIR SAC CONNECTED.
AIR BLADDER ABS. PRE. SPECIAL POINTS 3 CHAMBERED 4 CHAMBERED
OVIPAROUS -
NOTOCHORD THROUGHOUT LIFE NO (REPLACED) MOIST SKIN
ORNITHORHYNCHUS
VERTEBRAL COLUMN PRE. PRE. WITHOUT SCALES DIGESTIVE TRACT HAS
SNAKES AND LIZARDS SHED (Platypus)
SCALES PLACOID CYCLOID ADDIYIONAL CHMABERS
TAIL MAYBE PRESENT THEIR SCALES AS SKIN CAST
DIGESTIVE SYS TERMINAL CLOACA ANUS CROP & GIZZARD.
CLASPER PRE. ABS.
INTERNAL EXTERNAL EXTERNAL INTERNAL INTERNAL INTERNAL
FERTILIZATION FERTILIZATION
VIVIPAROUS OVIPAROUS OVIPAROUS OVIPAROUS OVIPAROUS VIVIPAROROUS
DEVELOPMENT - Direct DEVELOPMENT INDIRECT DIRECT DIRECT DIRECT
Eg: TORPEDO (electric) Marine EG: BUFO (Toad) CHELONE(Turtle) CORVUS(Crow) MACROPUS(Kangaroo)

TRYGON (sting ray poison) EXOCOETUS (flying fish) RANA (Frog) TESTUDO (Tortoise) COLUMBA(Pigeon) PTEROPUS(Flying Fox)

HIPPOCAMPUS (sea
SCOLIODON (dog fish) HYLA(Tree frog) CROCODILUS PSITTACULA(Parrot) CAMELUS
horse)

PRISTIS (saw fish) Freshwater SALAMANDRA CHAMELEON(Tree lizard) STRUTHIO(Ostrich) MACACA(Monkey)

CARCHARODON (great white
LABEO (rohu) ICHTHYOPHIS CALOTES(Garden lizard) PAVO(Peacock) RATTUS
shark)
CATLA (Katla) (limbless amphibia) ALLIGATOR APTENODYTES(Penguin) CANIS(Dog)

CLARIAS (mangur) HEMIDACTYLUS(wall lizard) NEOPHRON(Vulture) FELIS(Cat)

Aquarium NAJA(cobra) ELEPHAS

BETTA (fighting fish) BANGARUS(Krait) EQUUS

PTEROPHYLLUM (Angel
VIPERA(viper) DELPHINUS
fish)
BALAENOPTERA(Blue

whale)
PANTHREA TIGRIS

PANTHERA LEO