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    This document provides information on various non-vertebrate and vertebrate chordates. It discusses 7 invertebrate chordates including tunicates like Styela clava and lancelets like Branchiostoma lanceolatum. It also describes 7 groups of vertebrate chordates: ray-finned fishes like pink salmon; lobe-finned fishes like the Marble Lungfish; sharks, skates and rays like the sea shark; hagfishes like the Pacific Hagfish; lampreys like the sea lamprey; extinct armored fishes like Dunkleosteus terelli; and spiny fishes like Diplacanthus longispinus.

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    This document provides information on various non-vertebrate and vertebrate chordates. It discusses 7 invertebrate chordates including tunicates like Styela clava and lancelets like Branchiostoma lanceolatum. It also describes 7 groups of vertebrate chordates: ray-finned fishes like pink salmon; lobe-finned fishes like the Marble Lungfish; sharks, skates and rays like the sea shark; hagfishes like the Pacific Hagfish; lampreys like the sea lamprey; extinct armored fishes like Dunkleosteus terelli; and spiny fishes like Diplacanthus longispinus.

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    This document provides information on various non-vertebrate and vertebrate chordates. It discusses 7 invertebrate chordates including tunicates like Styela clava and lancelets like Branchiostoma lanceolatum. It also describes 7 groups of vertebrate chordates: ray-finned fishes like pink salmon; lobe-finned fishes like the Marble Lungfish; sharks, skates and rays like the sea shark; hagfishes like the Pacific Hagfish; lampreys like the sea lamprey; extinct armored fishes like Dunkleosteus terelli; and spiny fishes like Diplacanthus longispinus.

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    Assignment in Zoology Lecture

    Invertebrate and vertebrate


    chordates

    Trisha Vinch C. Navarce

    BSMT – IC
    Non Vertebrate Chordates

    1. Tunicates

    a. Styela clava

    Because tunicates rely on innate immunity, their hemocytes are important


    contributors to host defense. Styela clava, a solitary ascidian, have eight
    hemocyte subtypes. Extracts of their total hemocyte population
    contained multiple small (2–4 kDa) antimicrobial peptides. They can be
    used in antibiotics.

    2. Lancelets

    a. Branchiostoma lanceolatum

    The mitochondrial genome of Branchiostoma lanceolatum has been


    sequenced, and the species serves as a model organism for studying the
    development of vertebrates. Aside from that they are also used as a delicacy
    in China.
    Vertebrate Chordates

    FISHES

    1. Ray-finned Fishes

    a. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha or Pink Salmon

    Pink salmon, also known as humpback or humpy salmon, is a Pacific fish whose
    adult weight averages 3 to 5 pounds, according to the Washington Department
    of Fish and Wildlife. Wild pink salmon live off the coasts of Alaska, Washington,
    Oregon and California. This fish is among the healthiest sources of protein you can
    choose as part of a balanced diet.

    2. Lobe-finned Fishes

    a. Protopterus aethiopicus or Marble Lungfish

    The Marble Lungfish is mainly used as a pet or for an aquarium trade business. The
    introduction of marbled lungfish into Lake Baringo, Kenya, created a new fishery
    for the local fishing community. It forms a significant component of the landed
    catch and often dominates annual fish landing by weight (Mlewa 2003).

    3. Sharks, Skates and Rays

    a. Centrophorus squamosus or Sea Shark

    Shark liver oil (SLO) is obtained from several species of sharks, including the deep
    sea shark (Centrophorus squamosus). SLO has been used to help treat cancer,
    skin conditions, and respiratory ailments, as well as to reduce recurrent mouth
    ulcers and prevent radiation sickness. However, limited clinical data are
    available. Alkylglycerols have been studied as an immune system stimulant.
    Animal data suggest SLO may improve fertility.

    4. Hagfishes

    a. Eptatretus stoutii or Pacific Hagfish

    One of the world’s creepiest creatures may be the source of new kinds of
    petroleum-free plastics and super-strong fabrics, according to research by
    scientists in Canada studying the hagfish, a bottom-dwelling creature that hasn’t
    evolved for 300 million years and produces a sticky slime when threatened. The
    gooey material is actually a kind of protein that turns into choking strands of
    tough fibers when released into the water.
    5. Lampreys

    a. Petromyzon marinus or Sea Lamprey

    Sea Lampreys have long been used as food for humans. They were highly
    appreciated by ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, they werewidely
    eaten by the upper classes throughout Europe, especially during fasting periods,
    since their taste is much meatier than that of most other fish. King Henry I of
    England is said to have died from eating "a surfeit of lampreys.

    6. Armored Fishes

    a. Dunkleosteus terelli

    Armored fishes as of today are known to be extinct. They were some of the
    first vertebrates to have jaws, and new research shows that they were probably
    the first tobrandish teeth as well. Now, their fossils are used as research materials
    and displays for museums

    7. Spiny Fishes

    a. Diplacanthus longispinus

    The scales of Acanthodii or Spiny Fishes have distinctive ornamentation peculiar


    to each order. Because of this, the scales are often used in determining relative
    age of sedimentary rock. The scales are tiny, with a bulbous base, a neck, and a
    flat or slightly curved diamond-shaped crown. The expression of the Diplacanthus
    longispinus scales are often used in studies and are also displayed in museums.

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