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Filter-feeding animal about 6 cm/2.5 in long
with a fish-like shape and a notochord, or
flexible rod which forms the supporting
structure of its body. It lacks organs such
as heart or eyes, and lives half-buried on
the sea bottom. It is a primitive relative of
the vertebrates.