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Phylum Echinodermata: Sand Dollars, Starfish, and Sea Urchins. By: Amanda Brainerd. Key Characteristics . Endoskeleton Five-part radial symmetry Water-vascular system Skin Gills No head or brain. Anatomy. Sieve Ring canal Tube feet Anus Stomach Digestive glands Skin gills
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Phylum Echinodermata: Sand Dollars, Starfish, and Sea Urchins By: Amanda Brainerd
Key Characteristics Endoskeleton Five-part radial symmetry Water-vascular system Skin Gills No head or brain
Anatomy Sieve Ring canal Tube feet Anus Stomach Digestive glands Skin gills Reproductive glands
Digestion Simple digestion In through mouth and down esophagus Two-stomach system Intestines Anus
Respiration Water vascular system Tube Feet Skin Gills Bumps or Spines on surface Hemolymph Circulation
Internal Transport Water vascular system Madreporite Ring Canal Water Tube Feet
Excretion Anus Mouth Tube feet and skin gills No real excretion system Diffusion
Response Eyespots Nerves Tube Feet Spiny Skin Statocysts
Movement Tube and thin layers of muscles Tube feet Water vascular system Suckers and arms Spines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cec4YPXBnXk
Reproduction Diecious Sexual Reproduction External fertilization Fission and regeneration Larvae settle on ocean floor
Facts Echinodermata has approximately 7000 described living species and about 13,000 extinct species known from the fossil record. Brittle Stars can be found at depths as great as 6000 meters. Sea stars have up to 200 light sensitive eye spots. Some species can live up to 10 years. Echinoderms are the most complex of invertebrates.
Words Cited http://echinodermsg.blogspot.com/2007/04/digestion.html http://intro.bio.umb.edu/112s99Lect/bodyplans/starfish.html http://echinodermsf.blogspot.com/2007/04/internal-transport.html http://www.mesa.edu.au/echinoderms/ http://www.oceaninn.com/the-nature-preserve/echinoderms/