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Echinoidea

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Echinoidea

Description

Phylum Echinodermata
Classe Echinoidea

Living in marine habitats.

1) External, with podia and spines, and internal anatomy of a regular echinoid: Aristotle’s lantern; digestive system with anus in the periproct, at the aboral pole. Water-vascular system with ring canal, Polian vesicles, radial canals, ampullae and podia, stone canal, which leads to madreporite (m). Pedicellaria (p).
2) Oral view with teeth of the lantern, oral tube feet, peristomial membrane with gills.
3) Aboral view.
4) Spine.

Format


image/jpeg (1011.11 kB)
wallchart (height: 128 cm, width: 136 cm)

Subject


• Tavola didattica

Object languages:

Latin

Sources


• Cassettiera B - 9

Rights:

Creative Commons License
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