Question

List five distinctive characteristics that taken together set phylum Chordata
apart from all other animal phyla

Answer 1

The five distinctive characteristics that are taken together with set phylum Chordata apart from all other animal phyla are as listed below.

1. They have post-anal tail.
2. They have thyroid gland.
3. They have pharyngeal slits.
4. They have a dorsal hollow tubular nerve chord.
5. They have a notochord.

They characteristics are only evident during the embryonic development period.