urochordate in English
noun
1
a group of chordate animals that comprises the tunicates.
Although this classification is widely accepted, some authors recognize three chordate phyla: Urochordata for the urochordates, Cephalochordata for the lancelets, and Vertebrata for the vertebrates.
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1. Ascidians are marine invertebrates that belong to the urochordate/tunicate subphylum (see Fig
2. Ascidians, or sea squirts, are urochordate invertebrate that have been widely used as a model organism in developmental and evolutionary biology for decades [ 1 ]