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Echinoderm

An echinoderm (/ɪˈkaɪnəˌdɜːrm, ˈɛkə-/) is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata (/ɪˌkaɪnoʊˈdɜːrmətə/), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While bilaterally symmetrical as larvae, as adults echinoderms are recognisable by their usually five-pointed…

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Echinoderm

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Echinoderm

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related to Anatomy and physiology · 17
Echinoderm → Although, Amongst, Asterozoa, Comaster, Echinoderms, Labidiaster, Later, Leptasterias, Many, Most, Ophiacantha, Ophiactis, Ophionotus, Ophiothela, The, The Brisingida, Within
related to As food and medicine · 15
Echinoderm → Asia, Both, China, Chinese, France, Holothuria, In, In China, Indonesia, Japan, Popular, Sea, The, Thelenota, These
related to In research · 15
Echinoderm → Acanthaster, Anneissia, Arbacia, Asterias, Because, BLAST, Currently, Echinobase, Genomic, JBrowse, Lytechinus, Partially, Patiria, Strongylocentrotus, The
related to Other organs · 15
Echinoderm → Aside, Boluses, Brittle, Crinoids, During, Echinoderms, In, Paxillosida, Sand, Sea, Some, Starfish, The, They, With
related to Diversity · 13
Echinoderm → All, Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Five, Holothuroidea, MalaysiaStarfish, Ophionereis, Ophiuroidea, Stichopus, Strongylocentrotus, The, There
related to Ecology · 11
Echinoderm → Acanthaster, Among, Caribbean, Coral, Diadema, Echinoderms, Great Barrier Reef, In, On, Sea, Some
related to Etymology · 11
Echinoderm → Bruguière, Echinodermata, Greekἐχῖνος, In, It, Jacob Theodor Klein, Jean Guillaume Bruguière, Klein, Latin, Libbie Hyman, The
related to Antipredator defence · 10
Echinoderm → Although, Antipredator, Arctic, Because, Crinoids, Despite, Larger, Sea, Some, Starfish
related to Sexual reproduction · 10
Echinoderm → Almost, Echinoderms, Even, In, Internal, Many, Some, The, These, This
related to Locomotion · 9
Echinoderm → Any, Brittle, During, Echinoderms, Pycnopodia, Some, Starfish, The, This

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echinoderms sea starfish species arms tube feet stars urchins cucumbers brittle body system larvae crinoids may often many water food

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Ophiothela danaeinstance ofsix-armed species0.80text
Ophiactis savignyiinstance ofsix-armed species0.80text
Ophionotus hexactis existinstance ofsix-armed species0.80text
and Ophiacantha vivipara often has more than six.Echinoderms have secondary radial symmetry in portions of their body at some stage of lifeinstance ofsix-armed species0.80text
most likely an adaptation to a sessile or slow-moving existenceinstance ofsix-armed species0.80text
Labidiaster annulatus possess up to fifty armsinstance ofstarfish0.80text
while the sea-lily Comaster schlegelii has two hundred.Genetic studies have shown that genes directing anterior-most development are expressed along ambulacra in the center of starfish raysinstance ofstarfish0.80text
with the next-most-anterior genes expressed in the surrounding fringe of tube feetinstance ofstarfish0.80text
molluscsinstance ofSome other species are able to ingest whole food items0.80text
Pelagothuria are pelagicinstance ofSome holothuroid adults0.80text
barnacles restricted the extent of the behaviourinstance ofbefore competition from organisms0.80text
Echinodermrelated to Anatomy and physiologyEchinoderms0.60section

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