BIOL 205 Lecture 14: Echinodermata.pdf
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Echinodermata: coelomate deuterostomes, symmetry ________________________, decentralized nervous system, complete gut. 6: hemal system, no excretory system, all marine (mostly benthic) * general body forms: crinoidea: mouth anus, ophiuroidea: mouth mouth (anus lost) * general body forms: holothuroidea: mouth anus anus. * body wall & water vascular system: (example: asteriodea) * feeding & digestion: echinoids, grazers, suspension feeders, selective deposit feeders, holothuroids, suspension feeders, selective deposit feeders, direct deposit feeders, ophiuroids, selective deposit feeders, predators, crinoids, suspension feeders, asteroids, predators, scavengers, detritus feeders, suspension feeders anus mouth. * circulation & gas exchange: pervisceral coeloms, hemal system, water vascular system, asteriods, echinoids, holothuroids: epidermis coelom. * nervous system: decentralized: ectoneural system (sensory, intra-epidermal (receptors etc. , sub-epidermal net (main components, hyponeural system (motor, sense organs, tactile , chemoreceptors, ocelli , georeceptors. Sexual: nearly all dioecious, five pairs of gonads, development, mostly indirect, mixed (e. g. crinoids, direct (e. g. brooding in ophiuroids)