Properties
Spiny skinned animal
( DERMIS –> EPIDERMIS –> CUTICLE –> SPINE IN SKIN)
It has calcerous ossicles as endoskeleton
Habitat
Exclusively marine
LOO
Organ system
Symmetry
Larva - bilateral
Adult - radial
BP
Tube within tube
Germ layer
Triploblastic
Coelom
Eucoelomate
Metamerism
Notochord
No
No
Special property
Echinoderms have water vascular system which enables them for respiration, excretion and also locomotion
DS
Complete DS,
Mouth is on lower side ( ventral ) and anus on upper side (dorsal)
RS
Tube feet
CS
Open
ES
Water vascular system helps
Reproduction
Sexual and unisexual both
Fertilization
External
Development
Indirect
Examples
1) Asterias (star fish)
2) Antedon (sea lily)
3) Cucumaria (sea cucumber)
4) Ophiura (brittle star)
5) Echinus (sea urchin)