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Descriptor English: Urochordata
Descriptor Spanish: Urocordados
Descriptor Urochordata
Entry term(s) Ascidia
Tunicata
tunicados
urocordados
Scope note: Subfilo de cordados intermedios entre los invertebrados y los vertebrados verdaderos. Incluye a los ascidiáceos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Urocordados
Descriptor French: Urochordata
Entry term(s): Ascidia
Ascidiacea
Ascidian
Ascidians
Sea Squirt
Sea Squirts
Squirt, Sea
Tunicata
Tunicate
Tunicates
Urochordate
Urochordates
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.200.727
B01.050.500.272.727
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014561
Scope note: A subphylum of chordates intermediate between the invertebrates and the true vertebrates. It includes the Ascidians.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Chordata (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
DeCS ID: 14961
Unique ID: D014561
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/03/09
Urochordata - Preferred
Concept UI M0022383
Scope note A subphylum of chordates intermediate between the invertebrates and the true vertebrates. It includes the Ascidians.
Preferred term Urochordata
Entry term(s) Tunicata
Tunicate
Tunicates
Urochordate
Urochordates
Ascidiacea - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0022384
Preferred term Ascidiacea
Entry term(s) Ascidian
Ascidians
Ascidia - Narrower
Concept UI M0022385
Preferred term Ascidia
Sea Squirts - Broader
Concept UI M000640206
Preferred term Sea Squirts
Entry term(s) Sea Squirt
Squirt, Sea



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