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3 January, 18:21

As part of your independent study in field biology, you are sent to a small, inland sea. In one of your samples, you discover a small eel-like creature. It has a stiff, rod-shaped structure running the length of its dorsal side, with a line of nervous tissue running along with it. You would begin the process of classifying this organism by placing it in phylum:

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  1. 3 January, 19:17
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    Phylum Chordata

    Explanation:

    The organism which have a well defined neural chord or notochord running throughtout the length of there dorsal surface atleast once in their life time are classified as chordates.

    Since the organism we found is a eel like with a stiff rod shaped structure running the length of its dorsal side, with a line of nervous tissue running tissue which represents a notochord, classification should begin by placing it in Phylum chordata.
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