Echinoderm Flashcards

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a marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, such as a starfish, sea urchin, or sea cucumber

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Echinoderm

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2
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internal framework of body of animal

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Endoskeleton

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claw-shaped structure

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Pedicellariae

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A perforated platelike structure in most echinoderms that forms the intake for their water-vascular systems

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Madreporite

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5
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canals that form part of the water-vascular system

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Radial canal

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water tube that surrounds esophagus of echinoderms

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Ring canal

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arranged like points on a star

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Arm / Ray

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body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis

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Radial Symmetry

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body plan in which the left and right sides of the organism can be divided into approximate mirror images of each other along the midline

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Bilateral Symmetry

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10
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helps with movement and oxygen exchange

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Water Vascular System

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radial areas in an echinoderm bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves

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Ambulacral Groove

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12
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form part of endoskeleton

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Ossicles

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one of the paired tubes in each ray of a starfish

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Pyloric Caecum

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14
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receive partially digested food

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Pyloric Stomach

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starfish can push this stomach outside the body to eat something

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Cardiac Stomach

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16
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Squeeze To Controll Water Entering /Leaving Tube Feet

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Ampullae

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Makes Sprem or Eggs

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Gonads

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Central region of sea stars & brittle stars from which rays or arms radiate

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Central Disc

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used for feeding, movement, and a little for respiration

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Tube Feet

20
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process in which eggs are fertilized outside the female’s body

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External Fertilization

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restoration or new growth by an organism of organs, tissues, etc., that have been lost, removed, or injured

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Regeneration

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body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk

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Sea star

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body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms

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Brittle star

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shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines

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Sea urchin

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various thin circular echinoderms of the coastal northern Atlantic and Pacific waters, having a covering of short movable spines

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Sand dollar

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various sessile echinoderms in which the body consists of a long stalk attached to a hard surface and bearing a central disc with delicate radiating arms

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Sea lilies

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body of a typical feather star is cup-shaped, their numerous feathery arms project from a central disc

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Feather stars

28
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any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having a long, leathery body with tentacles around the anterior end

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Sea cucumbers

29
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soft-bodied, sluglike animals

without arms

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Sea daisies