Echinoderms and Mollusks Student Notes

Phylum Echinodermata
Includes ________________________________________________________________
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• Start life as _____________, free-swimming __________ and change to
________ or ________________adult
• Adults have _______________ symmetry
• Have a _______________________ (body cavity)
• Capable of extensive regeneration
• Have a nervous system but no _________________________ in adults

• No circulatory, respiratory, or excretory systems

• _____________________ on the underside of arms help in moving & feeding
• Digestive system consists of mouth with oral spines, gut, & anus (2 openings)
• ____________________________
• 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 ______________________ (body cavity)
Similar larval stage as Echinoderms
• _______________________ Symmetry

• Characteristics of Mollusks
· Visceral Mass (organs)
· Foot (muscle, movement)
· Shell in most
· Radula - _______________________
· Gills for respiration
· Most have ________________
• Types of Mollusks
· Gastropods - _____________________________ ("stomach foot")
· Bivalves - ________________________________ ("two doors")
· Cephalopods - __________________________________________________
("head foot")