what are chordates
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes all the vertebrates (subphylum Vertebrata), as well as two subphylum of invertebrates, the Urochordata (tunicates) and the Cephalochordata (lancelets).lso, the relationships of some chordate groups are not very well understood. 1  Phylum Chordata. 2  Subphylum Urochordata (Tunicates). 3  Subphylum Cephalochordata (Lancelets). 4  Class Myxini or Hyperotreti (hagfish). 5  Subphylum Vertebrata (Vertebrates-animals with backbones). 6  Class Conodonta (Conodonts).