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Echinodermata Characteristics 

Characteristics found in no other phylum
  • Endoskeleton composed of plates or ossicles
    Often spiny
  • Dermal branchiae
    Respiration occurs in the tube feet, respiratory tree (holothuroids), or bursae (ophiuroids)
  • Water vascular system
  • Pedicellariae
    Small pincer (plier like) projects on the surface of many enchinoderms

Sea star dissection pictures

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        • Monarch Butterfly Research
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        • Plant-pollinator interactions
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