STARFISH DISSECTION
Kidspiration by Riedell
SYMMETRY ADULTS- Radial LARVA- Bilateral
STARFISH LATIN meaning KINGDOM _____________ PHYLUM _____________________________ CLASS _______________________________ ANIMALIA ECHINODERMATA “spiny skin ” ASTEROIDEA “star-like”
SPINY SKIN SPINES for protection connect to ENDOSKELETON inside underneath skin
OSSICLES Calcium carbonate plates form endoskeleton inside
SPINES PEDICELLARIA SKIN GILLS Image by Riedell
PEDICELLARIAE (sing. Pedicellaria) Keep surface clear of organisms
SKIN GILLS Hollow skin tubes that project from skin for increased surface area connect to coelom inside Image by Riedell
Skin gills between spines EXCHANGE GASES and EXCRETE NITROGEN WASTE
TUBE FEET surfaces
EYESPOTS Sense light/dark
ORAL VIEW
Opening to water vascular system Madreporite
WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM BIODIDAC
AMBULACRAL GROOVE TUBE FEET sit in GROOVE
TUBE FEET Used for feeding & locomotion
Dissection Steps 1.Begin cutting down the central part of ray 1.Identify Digestive Glands 2.Identify connection of digestive glands to the pyloric stomach 2.Investigate stomach 1.Find Pyloric and Cardiac Stomachs 2.Find where Pyloric Stomach connects to digestive glands and anus 3.Find stone canal and Madroporite 1.Examine Tube Feet, Gonads, Radial & Ring Cannals, Ampullae
Begin to cut down central part of ray
DIGESTIVE GLAND Makes BILE ABSORBS NUTRIENTS
2 part STOMACH
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIGESTIVE GLANDS DIGESTIVE GLANDS MOUTH ANUS
CARDIAC stomach connects to mouth (extruded during feeding) PYLORIC stomach connects to digestive glands and ANUS
AMBULACRAL RIDGE covered by OSSICLES contains RADIAL NERVE (nervous) RADIAL CANAL (water vascular system)
AMBULACRAL RIDGE AMPULLAE (tops of tube feet)
OSSICLES Calcium carbonate plates form endoskeleton inside
GONADS
NERVOUS SYSTEM NERVE RING encircles mouth RADIAL NERVES run inside AMBULACRAL RIDGE in each arm
SEPARATE SEXES GONADS- reproductive organs Starfish have both SEXUAL ASEXUAL (Regeneration)
DIGESTIVE GLAND GONAD OSSICLES
LARVA FERTILIZATION EXTERNAL INDIRECT Has BILATERAL SYMMETRY and wings to swim BIPINNARIA DEVELOPMENT SEXUAL REPRODUCTION