Echinoderms and Molluscs

Phylum Echinodermata
Includes sea stars, brittle stars, sand dollars,
sea urchins, & sea cucumbers
• Start life as bilateral, free-swimming larva
and change to sessile or sedentary adult
• Adults have radial symmetry
• Have a true coelom (body cavity)
• Capable of extensive regeneration
• Have a nervous system but no head or brain
in adults
 Phylum Echinodermata
• No circulatory, respiratory, or excretory systems
• Tube feet on the underside of arms help in moving &
feeding
• One-way digestive system consists of mouth with
oral spines, gut, & anus
• Separate sexes
• Reproduce sexually & asexually
• Includes 5 classes:
          * Crinoidea - sea lilies & feather stars
          * Asteriodea – sea stars
          * Ophiuroidea - basket stars & brittle stars
          * Echinoidea - sea urchins & sand dollars
          * Holothuroidea - sea cucumbers
 Phylum Mollusca
• have a true coelom (body cavity)
Similar larval stage as Echinoderms
• Bilateral Symmetry

• Characteristics of Mollusks
· Visceral Mass (organs)
· Foot (muscle, movement)
· Shell in most
· Radula - tongue-like structure, sharp
· Gills for respiration
· Most have separate sexes
• Types of Mollusks
· Gastropods - snails, slugs, nudibranchs ("stomach foot")
· Bivalves - clams, oysters ("two doors")
· Cephalopods - nautilus, cuttlefish, squid, octopus ("head foot")