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UNIT 6 ECHINODERM VOCABULARY
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ASTEROIDEA,  | One of the largest and most familiar classes within the Phylum Echinodermata. The animals, commonly known as sea stars or starfishes. |
ECHINOIDEA,  | The class that belongs to the phylum Echinodermata. Ex. the sand dollars, and sea urchins. |
HOLOTHUROIDEA,  | A class of echinoderms that comprises the sea cucumbers. |
REGENERATION,  | The process by which some organisms replace or restore lost or amputated body parts. |
FISSION,  | The process where an individual divides into parts due to changes in the strength of connective tissue of the body wall. |
DETRITIVORE,  | Any organism that feeds on detritus or organic waste. Ex. sea cucumbers. |
HERBIVORE,  | Any organism that eats only plants. |
PREDATOR,  | An organism that kills and eats another organism, its prey. |
FILTER FEEDER,  | An animal that obtains its food by filtering organic matter or minute organisms from a current of water that passes through some part of its system. |
TUBE FEET,  | One of the numerous external, fluid-filled muscular tubes of an echinoderm, such as a starfish or sea urchin, serving as organs of locomotion, food handling, and respiration. |
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