Echiniodems- Holothuroidea Flashcards
Their body structure is
Characterized by a soft fleshy body
Holothuroidea contains
Sea cucumbers
Why do sea cucumbers have a soft body?
They don’t have very many ossicles
What is located around te mouth
A ring of podia
Sea cucumbers don’t have
Arms
Sea cucumber expel a mass of sticky tubes from their mouthed of amuses when threatened. This is called Evisceration
This is called Evisceration
Sea cucumbers can regenerate
Lost organs
Sea cucumbers breath by
Displaying the anal region
Rags exchange occurs
Across the membranes of the respiratory tree, which is a branched tube like organ located in the cloaca
A common chamber into which the intestinal canal and respiratory tree empty
Cloaca
A sea cucumber that is boiled several times and dried is called a
Trepang
Sea cucumbers feed by
Trapping bits of food on their feeding tentacles