Echinoderms
Sea Star
Sea Cucumber
Brittle Star
Urchin
Sand Dollar (Keyhole Urchin)
Video Clip from Blue Planet watch?v=r4cX2EPt2zE Finger of Death
Phylum Echinodermata “Spiny skin” Radial symmetry – 5 parts or multiples of 5 Water vascular system – hydraulic pressure system for movement
Water Vascular System
WVS Operation Water enters through madreporite Through tube system to ampullae of feet Muscle contracts - water ejected onto foot – suction Muscle relaxes – water back into ampullae – no suction
Skeletons Plates under skin (some fused) or spicules (endoskeleton) Ca(CO 3 ) – like mollusks Projections
Sea Stars Flexible – plates of skeleton with muscles Ambulacral groove with tube feet Mouth and anus Eyespots sense light
Sea Star Feeding Diet – mollusks, coral Opens shells with tube feet Extrudes stomach Liquefies mollusk
Brittle Stars Distinct central disk Tube feet have no suction – send food to mouth Arms for locomotion Mouths with teeth No anus
Regeneration Need 1/5 of central disk and 1 arm to regenerate
Sea Urchins Test Mouth and anus Ball and socket spines Spines and tube feet for movement
Sea Urchins Algae-eaters and scavengers Mouth with teeth (Aristotle’s Lantern)
Sand Dollars Flat sea urchins Short spines
Sea Cucumber Elongated body Small skeletal fragments Modified tube feet for tentacles on oral end