Echinoderms
Examples
starfish
Evolutionary Milestones,
fully enclosed body cavity.
Habitat,
salt water environments
Anatomical/Structural Features
(may be a labeled picture),
Echinoderms have a open circulatory system with sensory and motor functions.
refer to slideshow
Acquire nutrients (autotroph/heterotroph/etc)
heterotroph
Predator (who do they eat… if applicable),
barnacles, snails, sea urchins, clams, and mussels
Prey (who eats them… if applicable),
Manta rays, some sharks and other large, bony fishes
Symmetry (If applicable- normally only in Animals),
radial symmetry
Mobility,
can move on their own
Reproduction
Echinoderms reproduce sexually through external fertilization or asexually through regeneration.
Development(may be picture diagram),
refer to slideshow
starfish
Evolutionary Milestones,
fully enclosed body cavity.
Habitat,
salt water environments
Anatomical/Structural Features
(may be a labeled picture),
Echinoderms have a open circulatory system with sensory and motor functions.
refer to slideshow
Acquire nutrients (autotroph/heterotroph/etc)
heterotroph
Predator (who do they eat… if applicable),
barnacles, snails, sea urchins, clams, and mussels
Prey (who eats them… if applicable),
Manta rays, some sharks and other large, bony fishes
Symmetry (If applicable- normally only in Animals),
radial symmetry
Mobility,
can move on their own
Reproduction
Echinoderms reproduce sexually through external fertilization or asexually through regeneration.
Development(may be picture diagram),
refer to slideshow