Echinoderms Octavio’s Book Echinoderms
Echinoderms are Invertebrates (no backbones)
The starfish or sea star are echinoderms
Echinoderms are marine animals
The crinoids and sea lilies are echinoderms
The body of the echinoderms is arranged in five parts around the central axis
The sea cucumber and sand dollar are echinoderms
Echinoderm’s bodies are covered with tough plates and spines
Echinoderms don’t have a brain.
They have a hydraulic system for locomotion and feeding
Many echinoderms have the power of regeneration..
…if a part is cut from the central mass it become a new animal
Some echinoderms have a star shape
like the basket star and the brittle star
other echinoderms have sphere shape
like the echinoids and sea urchins
There are more than 7,000 living species of Echinoderms