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The 15 pages that link to Chordate, each with the reason it gives.

• VertebrateNarrower topic: Vertebrates are one lineage within this broader animal group.

• NotochordNarrower topic: The notochord is one of the defining features of this animal group.

• EchinodermRelated: Chordates share the deuterostome ancestry of echinoderms, despite their very different adult anatomy.

• PikaiaNarrower topic: Pikaia is often placed among early chordates because of its axial support structure.

• InvertebrateRelated: Some chordates, such as tunicates, lack vertebrae and are invertebrates.

• HaikouichthysNarrower topic: Haikouichthys displays the defining body plan of this broader animal group.

• Vertebrate evolutionNarrower topic: Vertebrates are one branch of the broader chordate lineage.

• DeuterostomeBroader topic: Chordates are one of the three major living branches of Deuterostomia.

• Early vertebrateNarrower topic: Chordates provide the broader evolutionary context for vertebrate origins.

• TunicateNarrower topic: Tunicates belong to Chordata, although many adults lose several defining features.

• Pharyngeal slitNarrower topic: Pharyngeal slits are one of the characteristic features of chordates.

• HemichordateCompared with: Hemichordates share some traits with chordates but are a separate phylum.

• LanceletNarrower topic: Lancelets display the defining chordate features throughout adulthood.

• AscidiaceaNarrower topic: Ascidians retain chordate traits most clearly in their free-swimming larvae.

• VetulicoliaNarrower topic: Proposed chordate affinities depend partly on interpreting vetulicolian anatomy as suited to aquatic movement.