STARFISH DISSECTION
STARFISH LATIN meaning KINGDOM _____________ PHYLUM _____________________________ CLASS _______________________________ ANIMALIA ECHINODERMATA “spiny skin ” ASTEROIDEA “star-like”
Starfish (sea stars) Come in a variety of colors
... and sizes
Not all starfish have 5 arms
SYMMETRY ADULTS- Radial LARVA- Bilateral
PENTARADIAL (5 armed starfish)
SPINY SKIN SPINES for protection connect to ENDOSKELETON inside underneath skin
OSSICLES Calcium carbonate plates form endoskeleton inside
PEDICELLARIAE (sing. Pedicellaria) Keep surface clear of organisms
SKIN GILLS Hollow skin tubes that project from skin for increased surface area connect to coelom inside
Skin gills between spines EXCHANGE GASES and EXCRETE NITROGEN WASTE
TUBE FEET surfaces Can exchange gases and excrete nitrogen waste
EYESPOTS Sense light/dark
ORAL VIEW
Opening to water vascular system Madreporite
WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM
ORAL VIEW MOUTH
AMBULACRAL GROOVE TUBE FEET sit in GROOVE
TUBE FEET Used for feeding & locomotion
TUBE FEET Used for feeding & locomotion Can exchange gases and excrete nitrogen waste
CUT TRIVIUM
DIGESTIVE GLAND Makes BILE ABSORBS NUTRIENTS
2 part STOMACH
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIGESTIVE GLANDS DIGESTIVE GLANDS MOUTH ANUS
CARDIAC stomach connects to mouth (extruded during feeding) PYLORIC stomach connects to digestive glands and ANUS
EUCOELOM OPEN CIRCULATION
ENDOSKELETON made of OSSICLES
OSSICLES Calcium carbonate plates form endoskeleton inside
GONADS
AMBULACRAL RIDGE covered by OSSICLES contains RADIAL NERVE (nervous) RADIAL CANAL (water vascular system)
AMBULACRAL RIDGE AMPULLAE (tops of tube feet)
NERVOUS SYSTEM follows WVS NERVE RING encircles mouth RADIAL NERVES run inside AMBULACRAL RIDGE in each arm
SEPARATE SEXES Starfish have 2 sets of gonads (hermaphrodites) Sexual and asexual reproducation (Regeneration)
DIGESTIVE GLAND GONAD OSSICLES