Their chordate characters are more pronounced during larval period. While in adults they are more like non-chordates than chordates. To which subphylum of chordates do they belong to?
In Urochordata, the notochord is present only in the larval tail, while in Cephalochordata, it extends from head to tail region and its persistent throughout their life. The members of the subphylum Vertebrata possess notochord during the embryonic stage. The notochord is replaced by a bony vertebral column in the adult.