Phylum Echinodermata Flashcards
Class Asteroidea
sea stars, sunflower stars
Class Ophiuroidea
brittle stars, basket stars
Class Echinoidea
sea urchins, sand dollars, sea buscuits
Class Holothuroidea
sea cucumbers
Class Crinoidea
sea lillies
symmetry
radial
skeleton type
calcareous skeleton
papulae
skin gills used for gas exchange
water vascular system
controls tube feet and gas exchange
what is an oral surface in sea stars (bottom side)
has mouth, tube feet, and abulacural grooves
what is an aboral surface in sea stars (top side)
have papulae
abrulacral groove
helps with gas exchange (respiration)
pedicellaria
small jaw
sea star cardiac stomach (external)
is thrown outside the body to secrete a digestive enzyme that pries a clam shell open
sea star pyloric stomach
digests whatever food is caught by the cardiac stomach