Subphylum

Word SUBPHYLUM
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Definitions and meanings of "Subphylum"

What do we mean by subphylum?

A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a phylum and above a class. noun

A prime division or main branch of a phylum; a group of a grade next below that of a phylum. noun

A taxonomic category below phylum and above class noun

(biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class noun

A taxonomic category below phylum and above class

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The word "subphylum" in example sentences

Mammals are then grouped with the classes of other backboned animals, such as reptiles, into a "subphylum," Vertebrata, which is part of the "phylum" Chordata, containing all animals which have a nerve chord at some time in their life cycle. ❋ Edward Willett (2007)

Representatives of only a part of just one subphylum, terrestrial vertebrates, were rescued. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most members of the chordate phylum, those in the subphylum Vertebrata, replace the notochord with vertebrae (the backbone) later in development to support the pelvic and pectoral girdles (to which the front and hind limbs are attached) and to protect the spinal cord. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's but one of many such birds from the subphylum "Talkus Non-Interruptus." ❋ Unknown (2009)

This text, for example, lists Tardigrada (water bears) as a class within the subphylum of Arachnida in the phylum Arthropoda - as opposed to the current classification of Tardigrades in their own phylum. ❋ Frankwu (2007)

Based on just this one particular example, then, it appears that design extends into the phylum Chordata, past the divide between invertebrates and vertebrates, which is the level of subphylum. ❋ Michael J. Behe (2007)

This subphylum contains scorpions, spiders and "sea spiders". ❋ Unknown (2007)

All members of this subphylum have chelicerae and pedipalps as their first and second prosomal appendages. ❋ Unknown (2007)

All then arrive at a pharyngula stage, which is remarkably uniform thoughout the subphylum, consisting of similar organ rudiments similarly arranged though in some respects deformed in respect to habitat and food supply. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Slightly but only slightly more serious - H. sapiens is willing and able to mate with the entire subphylum, let alone the genus. ❋ Unknown (2006)

All then arrive at the pharyngula stage, which is remarkably uniform throughout the subphylum, consisting of similar organ rudiments similarly arranged though in some respects deformed in respect to habitat and food supply. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Some authors consider them to be a subphylum of the Arthropoda. ❋ AYDIN (2006)

In passing from the primitive chordates, such as amphioxus, into the vertebrate subphylum, one passes from an unspecialized nerve cord to one in which the anterior end has developed into the brain. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

And it is only among the vertebrate subphylum that the brain becomes prominent. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

These structures are the vertebrae, and for this reason the subphylum is called Vertebrata (vur'tih-bray'tuh) and its members commonly referred to as the vertebrates. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

THE HUMAN BRAIN In the fourth and most advanced subphylum of Chordata, on the contrary, the nerve cord receives special protection in the form of enclosure by a series of hard structures of either cartilage or bone. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

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