The phylum Vertebrata: a case for zoological recognition

Abstract The group Vertebrata is currently placed as a subphylum in the phylum Chordata, together with two other subphyla, Cephalochordata (lancelets) and Urochordata (ascidians). The past three decades, have seen extraordinary advances in zoological taxonomy and the time is now ripe for reassessing...

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Main Authors: Naoki Irie, Noriyuki Satoh, Shigeru Kuratani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Zoological Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-018-0114-y