What is Echinodermata ?

What is Echinodermata ?
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Echinodermata is one of the major constituents of fauna. The animals belonging to the Echinodermata episode are called Echinoderms. The Greek word echinos means spine or thorn and derma means skin and the word echinodermata comes from the skin. [1]
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Description : Are echinodermata vertebrates?

Last Answer : No, Echinoderms are invertebrate animals.

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Last Answer : (c) Arthropoda - body divided into head, thorax and abdomen and respiration by tracheae

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Last Answer : (a) House fly, butterfly, – Insecta tse-tse fly, silver fish

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Last Answer : (d) Echinodermata.

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Phylum Echinodermata

Description : Phylum Echinodermata

Last Answer : ARMORED SAND STAR (Astropecten armatus) Habitat: Sandy bottoms to 60m from Southern California to Ecuador. Size: 15 cm (6 in) Position in food web: Carnivorous: Feeds on mainly on snails ... than others, about 1 m in 15 minutes Relatives: sea stars, sand dollars, and sea urchins