Compared with other cranites (that is, other animals that also possess a cranium, which encloses the brain) Agnathans lack jaws, lateral fins supported by fin rays, vertebrae, a horizontal semicircular canal in the ear, and genital ducts. They have pouchlike gills and simpler systems compared to gnathostomes (that is, vertebrates with jaws).
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