STARFISH
,SEA URCHINS, AND OTHER ,relatives (including feather star,basket
star, sea daisies, sea lilies,and sea cucumbers) make up the
phylum Echinoderm. A unique feature of the Echinoderms is the
water vascular system, which consists of a series of water
filled canals from which protrude thousands of tiny tube
feet . The tube feet may be used for movement, feeding, or
respiration.Other features include pentaradiate symmetry that is
the body can be divided into five parts radiating from the
cent re ); no head ; diffuse ;decentralized nervous system that
lacks a brain ; and no excretory organs.Typically echinoderms
also have an en do skeleton(internal skeleton ) consisting of a
hard calcite ossicles embedded in the body wall and
often bearing protruding spines or tubercles .The ossicles may
fit together form a test (as in sea urchins) or remain
separate ( as in sea cucumbers)
STAR FISH AND SEA URCHINES
STAR FISH AND SEA URCHINES
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