As part of your independent study in field biology, you are sent to a small, inland sea. In one of your samples, you discover a small eel-like creature. It has a stiff, rod-shaped structure running the length of its dorsal side, with a line of nervous tissue running along with it. You would begin the process of classifying this organism by placing it in phylum:

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Bryanna Bradshaw

31 July, 23:13

As part of your independent study in field biology, you are sent to a small, inland sea. In one of your samples, you discover a small eel-like creature. It has a stiff, rod-shaped structure running the length of its dorsal side, with a line of nervous tissue running along with it. You would begin the process of classifying this organism by placing it in phylum:

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Sophie Maldonado · Answer 1

Phylum Chordata

Explanation:

The organism which have a well defined neural chord or notochord running throughtout the length of there dorsal surface atleast once in their life time are classified as chordates.

Since the organism we found is a eel like with a stiff rod shaped structure running the length of its dorsal side, with a line of nervous tissue running tissue which represents a notochord, classification should begin by placing it in Phylum chordata.