Definition of Echinoderms. Meaning of Echinoderms. Synonyms of Echinoderms

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Definition of Echinoderms

Echinoderm
Echinoderm E*chin"o*derm`, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Echinodermata.

Meaning of Echinoderms from wikipedia

- largest marine-only phylum. The first definitive echinoderms appeared near the start of the Cambrian. Echinoderms are important both ecologically and geologically...
- skeletons are unique to echinoderms, though similar skeletons were used by some Paleozoic animals. The skeletons of echinoderms are mesodermal, as they...
- Sea urchins or urchins (/ˈɜːrtʃɪnz/) are echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones...
- many other echinoderms, such as starfish. The anterior end of the animal, containing the mouth, corresponds to the oral pole of other echinoderms (which,...
- treated as a separate phylum which are now thought to be closer to the echinoderms, and together they form the clade Ambulacraria, the sister phylum of...
- Asteropsis is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Asteropseidae. The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean. The distribution...
- are members of the largest crinoid order, Comatulida. Crinoids are echinoderms in the phylum Echinodermata, which also includes the starfish, brittle...
- Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea (/ˌæstəˈrɔɪdiə/). Common usage frequently finds these names being...
- small calcareous elements embedded in the dermis of the body wall of echinoderms. They form part of the endoskeleton and provide rigidity and protection...
- that includes echinoderms and hemichordates; a member of this group is called an ambulacrarian. Phylogenetic analysis suggests the echinoderms and hemichordates...