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Record 1 2004-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
CONT

The phylum Chordata embraces about 35,000 living species ... Chordates are ... distinguished from other deuterostomes by sharing two other characters at some stage of their life cycle: a notochord and a single, dorsal, tubular nerve cord.

Key term(s)
  • chordate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
DEF

[...] Coelomate à symétrie bilatérale initiale, au corps parcouru suivant sa longueur antéro-postérieure et dans son plan sagittal, par une corde [...] dont la structure embryonnaire est constante.

Key term(s)
  • chordés
  • cordé
  • chordé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología animal
DEF

Componente del tipo Chordata de metazoos que poseen una cuerda dorsal o notocordio, formada por una serie de células especiales provistas de vacuolas, que constituyen el eje esquelético del animal.

Key term(s)
  • cordados
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