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Echinoderms
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1Ossicleshard calcareous plates that make up the endoskeleton
- 2Water vasclar systemnetwork of hydraulic canals branching into tube feet
- 3Tube feet functionFeeding
Gas exchange
Locomotion - 4MadreporiteOpening valve to water vascular system
- 5CephalisationThe concentration of sense organs at the anterior end forming a head
- 6Dipleurula larvaeBilateral larvae that become part of zooplankton
- 7Aboral OralTop
Bottom - 8Class AsteroideaSea stars
Organs and nervous system replicated down each limb - 9Class OphiuroideaBrittle stars
Swimming by serpintine lashing - 10Class CrinoideaSea lillies
Filter feeders - 11Class EchinoideaSea urchins/sand dollars
- 12Class HolothorideaSea cucumbers
Bilateral adults
Viscera (white sticky defence)
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- Biology (Patterns of Life ) Flashcards on Echinoderms, created by Ethan Ross on 02/01/2018.
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