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Phylum Echinodermata. Echinoderms. Echino = spiny Derm = skin Examples: starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sand dollars echinoderms shape of life echino. Brittle stars. Sea urchins. Sea cucumber. Starfish or sea stars. Sea lilies. Sand dollars. Crinoids. General Characteristics.
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Echinoderms • Echino = spiny • Derm = skin • Examples: starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sand dollars • echinoderms • shape of life echino
General Characteristics • All live in salt water near the shore or on the bottom • Have an exoskeleton made of calcium carbonate • Coelom: the true body cavity is adapted into a water-vascular system • Can regenerate their arms, tentacles, spines and intestines
Body Plan • Pentaradial symmetry • Aboral (top) side contains anus • Oral (bottom) side contains mouth and tube feet
Digestion • Digestion: mouth stomach intestine anus • Mouth and stomach can extend outside of the body to start digesting prey • Scavengers, filter feeders, or active predators • eating echinoderms • sea stars eating • starfish eating • starfish eating
Circulation • Circulation: no circulatory system • the coelom is adapted into a water-vascular system that circulates nutrients, blood and gases
Respiration • Respiration: breathe through tube feet and/or gills
Nervous System • NervousSystem: no brain • Nerves run from the central disk to all other parts of the body • Some have light sensitive eye spots
Movement • Movement: move by tube feet located on the oral side
Reproduction • Reproduction: sexual: Dioecious, mating or spawning • Asexual: hermaphrodites: reproduce by fission or regeneration • starfish regenerating
Ecological Importance • Food source for many other animals • Eat decaying matter in the oceans • Some are poisonous to humans crown of thorns starfish
Class Asteroidea • 5-50 arms • Can live up to 30 years • Predators or scavengers • Examples: starfish (also called sea stars)
Class Ophiuroidea • Largest class • Long spindly legs • Filter feeders • Examples: Brittle stars, basket stars • basket starfish
Class Crinoidea • Smallest class • Have a stalk to attach to the sea floor • Examples: Sea lilies and feather stars • sea lilies
Class Holothuroidea • Have elongated body with tentacles • Eat decaying matter • Ex. Sea cucumbers
Spotted Cucumber • sea cucumber ejecting guts • sea cucumbers • sea cucumbers • seacucumber
Class Echinoidea • Have spines that can be ejected as weapons • Ex: Sea urchins, sand dollars • 1Sea Urchin Info • sand dollar • sand dollar moving • live sand dollar