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Phylum Echinoderma (lab 5)
lab 5
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/03/2012

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Class Asteroidea
Definition
sea stars
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class ophiuroidea
Definition
brittle and basket stars
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class echinoidea
Definition
sea urchins and sand dollars
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class holothuroidea
Definition
sea cucumbers
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class crinoidea
Definition
sea lillies and feather stars
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endoskeleton
Definition
skeleton beneath the surface of the body
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madreporite
Definition
inlet to replace lost water from the water vascular system (WVS) and may help in equalizing pressure differences between WVS and the outside
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pedicellariae
Definition
pincer like structures found on the body wall of many echinoderms, used in cleaning and defence
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tube feet
Definition
muscular projections from the WVS of echinorderms used in locomotion, gas exchange, feeding and attachment.
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water vascular system
Definition
series of water filled canals and muscular tube feet in echinoderms, used in locomotion, feeding and attachment
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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Definition
class echinoidea
(largest sea urchin in north pacific)
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Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Definition
class echinoidea (green urchin)
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sole
Definition
the substrate-side of the animal
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what do tentacles arise from ?
Definition
tentacles arise from modified tube feet
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Cuverian tubules
Definition
tubules of the respiratory tree everted through the anus, that contain sticky secretions capable of entangling and immobilizing predators
defence mechanism of class holothuroidea
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evisceration
Definition
tubules of the respiratory tree everted through the anus, that contain sticky secretions capable of entangling and immobilizing predators
defence mechanism of class holothuroidea
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Parastichopus californicus
Definition
class holothuroidea
giant red California sea cucumber
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