Properties
Earlier placed under phylum Chordata due to similar structure to notochord called as STOMOCHORD.
later it was observed tht stomochord has a different origin (ectodermal)
Hence both structures are different and got placed under a different phylum
Body divisible into
Proboscis,
Collar (stomochord here)
Trunk
DS
Complete
RS
Gills
CS
Open
ES
Proboscis gland
Reproduction
Sexual as well as unisexual
Fertilization
External
Development
Indirect
Habitat
Exclusively marine
LOO
Organ system
Symmetry
Bilateral
BP
Tube within tube
GL
Triploblastic
Coelom
Eucoelomate
Metamerism
Notochord
No
No
Examples
1) Balanoglossus (also known as acorn worms)
2) Saccoglossus,
3) Cephalodiscus