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Echinodermata
Everything I need to know about Echinoderms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many tissue layers do echinoderms have? | Triploblastic |
| Are echinoderms segmented or unsegmented? | Segmented |
| How does the mesoderm line the echinoderms body wall? | Eucleomate |
| What type of body symmetry do echinoderms have? | Secondary pentamerous radial symmetry.* Bilateral as larvae radial as adults. |
| What is the structure of an echinoderms skeleton? | * endoskeleton with spines through skin. Plates of calcium carbonate. |
| What type of vascular system do echinoderms have? | * water vascular system |
| What is Echinoderm Taxonomy based on? | Deviations from ancestral body plan |
| What is the most primitive class of echinoderms? | Crinodia- sea lily's and feather stars with tube feet and spines prominent arms |
| Class ophiudroia | Basket stars and brittle stars- mouth on the underside of body disk. Prominent arms |
| Class Asteroida | Starfish Prominent arms |
| What is the class with deviations from the ancestral body plan without arms called? | Concentracycloida- Sea Dasies |
| What is the structure of the echinoderms digestive system? | 2 ring canals. Some have an incomplete digestive system. |
| Sand Dollar | Has shortest oral to aboral surface |
| Sea Biscut | Mid length oral to aboral surface |
| Sea urchen | Long oral to aboral surface |