STARFISH DISSECTION
Kidspiration by Riedell
STARFISH LATIN meaning KINGDOM _____________ PHYLUM _____________________________ CLASS _______________________________ ANIMALIA ECHINODERMATA “spiny skin ” ASTEROIDEA “star-like”
SYMMETRY ADULTS- Radial LARVA- Bilateral
PENTARADIAL (5 armed starfish)
ORAL VIEW
SPINY SKIN SPINES for protection connect to ENDOSKELETON inside underneath skin
OSSICLES Calcium carbonate plates form endoskeleton inside
Skin gills between spines EXCHANGE GASES and EXCRETE NITROGEN WASTE
EYESPOTS Sense light/dark
Opening to water vascular system Madreporite
WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM BIODIDAC
ORAL VIEW MOUTH
AMBULACRAL GROOVE TUBE FEET sit in GROOVE
TUBE FEET Used for feeding & locomotion
TUBE FEET Used for feeding & locomotion Can exchange gases and excrete nitrogen waste
DIGESTIVE GLAND Makes BILE ABSORBS NUTRIENTS
2 part STOMACH
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIGESTIVE GLANDS DIGESTIVE GLANDS MOUTH ANUS Image by Riedell
CARDIAC stomach connects to mouth (extruded during feeding) PYLORIC stomach connects to digestive glands and ANUS
EUCOELOM OPEN CIRCULATION
ENDOSKELETON made of OSSICLES
OSSICLES Calcium carbonate plates form endoskeleton inside
WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM BIODIDAC
GONADS
AMBULACRAL RIDGE covered by OSSICLES contains RADIAL NERVE (nervous) RADIAL CANAL (water vascular system)
AMBULACRAL RIDGE AMPULLAE (tops of tube feet)
NERVOUS SYSTEM follows WVS NERVE RING encircles mouth RADIAL NERVES run inside AMBULACRAL RIDGE in each arm Image by Riedell
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 SEXUAL REPRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION Ability to self amputate Ability to regrow lost parts AUTOTOMY REGENERATION