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The name echinoderm is from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos) 'hedgehog' and δέρμα (dérma) 'skin'. [5] Echinoderms are bilaterians , meaning that their ancestors were mirror-symmetric. Among the bilaterians, they belong to the deuterostome division, meaning that the blastopore , the first opening to form during embryo development ...
The name comes from the Greek "echinos" (ἐχῖνος) meaning a hedgehog or sea-urchin [5] and "derma" (δέρμα) meaning skin, [6] referring to the spiny cap surface. The noun "derma" is neuter and therefore if the species name is an adjective, it needs to take the neuter ending (example: Echinoderma asperum ).
The name urchin is an old word for hedgehog, which sea urchins resemble; they have archaically been called sea hedgehogs. [6] [7] The name is derived from the Old French herichun, from Latin ericius ('hedgehog'). [8] Like other echinoderms, sea urchin early larvae have bilateral symmetry, [9] but they develop five-fold symmetry as they mature ...
Thelenota ananas, a giant sea cucumber from the Indo-Pacific tropics. Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (/ ˌhɒləˌθjʊəˈrɔɪdiə, ˌhoʊ -/ HOL-ə-thure-OY-dee-ə, HOHL-). They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. They are found on the sea floor worldwide.
A brittle star, Ophionereis reticulata A sea cucumber from Malaysia Starfish exhibit a wide range of colours. This List of echinoderm orders concerns the various classes and orders into which taxonomists categorize the roughly 7000 extant species [1] as well as the extinct species of the exclusively marine phylum Echinodermata.
Echinodermata. Cambroernida †. Deuterostomes (from Greek: lit. 'mouth second') are bilaterian animals of the superphylum Deuterostomia (/ ˌdjuːtərəˈstoʊmi.ə /), [3][4] typically characterized by their anus forming before the mouth during embryonic development. Deuterostomia is further divided into 4 phyla: Chordata, Echinodermata ...
Echinus is a genus of sea urchins. Sea urchins are echinoderms that are typically spherical or flattened with a covering of spine-like structures. Sea urchins tend to be important members of their ecosystems by grazing on other organisms and stabilizing populations. In addition to this, sea urchins play a large role in different economies ...
Ambulacraria. Ambulacraria / ˌæmbjuːləˈkrɛəriə /, or Coelomopora / siːləˈmɒpərə /, is a clade of invertebrate phyla that includes echinoderms and hemichordates; [1] a member of this group is called an ambulacrarian. Phylogenetic analysis suggests the echinoderms and hemichordates separated around 533 million years ago. [2]