deuterostome chordate 596 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024735 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D043344 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/387965008 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7711 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chordates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordate https://eol.org/pages/694 https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chordata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10915 An animal constituting the phylum Chordata. During some period of their life cycle, chordates possess a notochord, a dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail: these five anatomical features define this phylum. Chordates are also bilaterally symmetric; and have a coelom, metameric segmentation, and a circulatory system. QL605-QL739.8 Chordata chordate, NOS chordates