Echinoderms Flashcards

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Echinodermata is the only group of organisms that are

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All confined to the marine world

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Echinodermata means

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Spiny skin

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Echinoderms have what type of symmetry

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Pentane routs radial symmetry in the adult stage and bilateral symmetry in the larval sgage

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The hydrovascular system is used for what

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Carry food to the mouth, locomotion, and open shells of bivalves it enables locomotion

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Echinoderms have no what

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Brain

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Their nervous system consists of

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A circumpolar ring with radial nerves extending into each arm

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Coelom

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Hollow body cavity

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There are how many arms

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5

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An internal skeleton made of calcium carbonate

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Endoskeleton

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Calcium carbonate played that are fused together to form the shell

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Ossicles

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Where do Echinoderms live in the adult stage?

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The benthic region

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Sea urchins feed by

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Scraping algae off rocks

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Starfish feed by

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Predation

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Sea lilies feed by

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Filter feeding

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Sea cucumbers, brittle stars, and sand dollars feed by

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Burrowing and feeding on suspended debris in the substrate

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Their digestive system is

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Well developed with a mouth intestines and most have an anus

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Echinoderms have no organs therefore they have have no

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Excretory system

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Echinoderms are all dioecious and carry out reproduction how

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With sexual external fertilization

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Some Echinoderms reproduce

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Monoeciously (hermaphroditic)