Definition of Echinoderms. Meaning of Echinoderms. Synonyms of Echinoderms

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Definition of Echinoderms

Echinoderm
Echinoderm E*chin"o*derm`, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Echinodermata.

Meaning of Echinoderms from wikipedia

- marine-only phylum. The first definitive echinoderms appeared near the start of the Cambrian. The echinoderms are important both ecologically and geologically...
- Asteropsis is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Asteropseidae. The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean. The distribution...
- many other echinoderms, such as starfish. The anterior end of the animal, containing the mouth, corresponds to the oral pole of other echinoderms (which,...
- be echinoderms, though the outmoded calcichordate hypothesis held that they were ancestral to both echinoderms and chordates. Within echinoderms, one...
- skeletons are unique to echinoderms, though similar skeletons were used by some Paleozoic animals. The skeletons of echinoderms are mesodermal, as they...
- Ophioderma is a genus of brittle stars in the family Ophiodermatidae. It includes the following species: Ophioderma africanum Stöhr, Weber, Boissin & Chenuil...
- Thyone is a genus of sea cu****bers in the family Phyllophoridae. The following species are accepted in the genus Thyone: Thyone adinopoda Pawson & Miller...
- a separate phylum. Hemichordates are now thought to be closer to the Echinoderms, and together they form the clade Ambulacraria, the sister phylum of...
- Genus of echinoderms...
- Andora is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae. The species of this genus are found in Malesia and Indian Ocean. Species: Andora...