Flashcards in Phylum Echinodermata Deck (15)
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What does echinoderm mean?
Spiny skin
2
What is the locomotion system for echinoderms?
Water vascular system
3
What is the hardened shell made out of?
Calcium plates
4
What animals make up class Asterodia?
Sea Stars
5
How do sea stars eat?
Stomach comes out of mouth, oozes inside shell to digest
6
What is the crown of thorns starfish doing?
Destroying the great barrier reef
7
How is the Crown of thorns starfish destroying the great barrier reef?
By eating the coral polyps
8
What was the main predator of the crown of thorns starfish?
The triton snail
9
How does south carolina build artifical reefs?
out of concrete and pvc
10
What makes up class echinoidea?
urchins and sand dollars
11
How do animals of class echinoidea move?
With tube feet
12
What makes up class Holothuroidea?
Sea cucumbers
13
What is sea cucumbers body made of?
Muscular sac
14
What is a sea cucumber classified as?
A saprovore
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