Echinodermata
Echinodermata:
Organization: Organ level
Symmetry: Radial
Coelom: present (coelomates)
Segmentation: Absent
Arrangement of embryonic layers: Triploblastic
Digestive system: Water vascular system
Circulatory system: Present
Respiratory system: Present
Habitat: Aquatic
Sexuality: Dioecious (sexes are separate).
Notochord: Absent
Reproduction: Sexual (oviparous)
Fertilization: External (indirect)
Respiratory organ: Water vascular system
Excretory system: Absent
Distinctive features:
- They are commonly called Spiny bodies.
- These animals have an endoskeleton of calcareous ossicles (bones).
- They have a specialized water vascular system which helps in locomotion, capture and transport of food and respiration
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