9. “All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates”. Justify the statement.
9. “All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates”. Justify the statement.

Solution

The phylum chordate is distinguished by the presence of Notocard and paired pharyngeal gill slits. Adults, on the other hand, replace the vertebrata notocard in the embryo in the subfilm with columns of bony vertebrae. “All vertebrates are chordates, but not all chordates are vertebrates,” as the saying goes.