MarBEF Data System - ERMS

WoRMS taxon details

Chordata

AphiaID

1821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1821)

Classification

Authority

Haeckel, 1874

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Animalia

Direct children (4)

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Subphylum Cephalochordata
Subphylum Tunicata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Subphylum Urochordata accepted as Tunicata (Junior Synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Chordata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1821 on 2025-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Lankester, E.R. (1877). Notes on the Embryology and classification of the Animal kingdom: comprising a revision of speculations relative to the origin and significance of the germ-layers. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 17(68): 399-454., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-17/68/399.full.pdf [details]

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	chordadieren	[details]
Japanese	脊索動物門	[details]
Swedish	ryggsträngsdjur	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chordata)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
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