Talk:Nephrozoa

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Name of the group?

I imagine, from the name, that "Nephrozoa" have some sort of kidney as their uniting synapomorphy. Is this so?

The name "Nephrozoa" should at least be explained. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.64.142.162 (talk) 03:34, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Tiger in the collage image an error?

The nephrozoa collage image includes a tiger. I’m not a biologist, but I am pretty sure that tigers are not members of this group. 65.37.117.67 (talk) 18:41, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A tiger is a chordate, and a deuterostome. Its a nephrozoan. 173.68.172.153 (talk) 04:44, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes utterly certain. When I say "is a kind of" I mean that they are descended from an ancestral animal species that was a member of the named kind. E.g. "tigers are carnivores", means tigers descend from an ancient extinct animal species that was the ancestor to all living carnivores. Here then is how tigers are Nephrozoa: Tiger is a kind of carnivore which is a kind of mammal which is a kind of amniote which is a kind of tetrapod which is a kind of bony fish which is a kind of vertebrate which is a kind chordate which is a kind of deuterostome which is a kind of nephrozoa. I have simplified this. There are twenty named levels in between these that I have left out.

In fact the tiger is a member of the most defining group of animals within the nephrozoa: the vertebrates. The American Museum of Natural History had seven halls devoted to animals. Six halls were for the Vertebrates (Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, and Dinosaurs), and the seventh was labeled Invertebrates. The tiger is a Mammal Vertebrate. However there are 20 named Invertebrate species for every 1 named Vertebrate species, meaning American Museum of Natural History devoted 86% of their exhibition space to 5% of the animals, only because that 5% included the Tigers and Human Beings. Nick Beeson (talk) 20:11, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]