The ammocoete larvae is important in zoology since it
A) is the "missing link" between chordates and vertebrates.
B) represents the features of the most advanced chordate that is not a vertebrate.
C) represents the features of the first vertebrates that are not obscured by advanced vertebrate development.
D) is identical to the earliest Burgess shale fossil vertebrate.
E) possesses all features found in derived vertebrates,and evolution from this point forward was a matter of losing different features.
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Q29: Lancelets belong to the subphylum _.
Q30: The skeletal rod found in all chordates
Q31: The lancelet reproduces
A)by asexual processes alone.
B)by budding.
C)sexually
Q32: "Sea squirts," the most common kind of
Q33: Pikaia gracilens,the earliest known chordate collected from
Q35: Walter Garstang's hypothesis of vertebrate evolution could
Q36: What feature(s)can be found in the ammocoete
Q37: Pelagic tunicates with barrel-shaped bodies and complex
Q38: Tunicates belong to the subphylum _ (Tunicata).
Q39: The larva of the freshwater lamprey,that closely
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