ECHINODERMATA GENERAL CHARECTERS

echinodermata  Echinodermata , but that the Echinodermata are of all Coelomata the nearest to the Chordata 10 • 2 FIG 116bis  Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea starfish Click link to view examples Class Ophiuroidea brittle stars Click link to view examples Class Echinoidea

Echinodermata The six thousand species of marine animals in the phylum Echinodermata are, like annelids, arthropods, chordates, and mollusks, Echinodermata · They are round or elongated and have a star-like appearance · They are only marine creatures · The creatures have spiky skin

Dataset; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank; PHYLUM Classification kingdom; Animalia: phylum; Echinodermata Name Homonyms: Echinodermata; Common names Echinodermata ) from the Champlainian Guttenberg Forma- tion of the Upper Mississippi Valley Region J Paleontol 5 : 631-653