Echinoderm

Charactersitics
 Symmetry
Radial Symmetry
Pentaradial symmetry
Bilateral Symmetry in larvae
 Exoskeleton
Ossicles
Derived from mesoderm
Comes out from the epidermal layer
 Water vascular system
Ring canal surrounds mouth
Stone canal
Madreporite at the end of stone canal
Tiedmann bodies produce phagocytic cells
Polian vesicles for storage of fluid
Radial canals from ring canal
Lateral canals from radial canal
Tube feet
Ampulla
For locomotion
Original function was feeding
Gaseous exchange
 Hemal system
Strands of tissue
Vestigial circulatory system
Transport of large molecules, hormones
or coelomocytes