Echinozoa
Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Present
The melon sea urchin (Echinus melo) in northwest Sardinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Echinozoa
Classes
Echinoidea or sea urchins
Holothuroidea or sea cucumbers
Ophiocistioidea †
Helicoplacoidea †

† = Extinct

Echinozoa is a subphylum of free-living echinoderms in which the body is or originally was a modified globe with meridional symmetry. Echinozoans lack arms, brachioles, or other appendages, and do not at any time exhibit pinnate structure.[1] Their two extant classes are the sea urchins and the sea cucumbers.

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References

  1. ^ "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions".


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