Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Crustaceans and Echinoderms

Crustaceans

Clawed Lobsters
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Crustacea
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Decapoda
Infraorder:Astacidea
Family:Nephropidae


Hermit Crab

  • Their skeleton is on the outside which is known as their exoskeleton.
  • They are bilateral symmetry, which means both sides are the same.
  • Also crustaceans have segmented appendages (legs).
Echinoderms
Horned Starfish
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Echinodermata
Class:Asteroidea
Order:Valvatida
Family:Oreasteridae
Genus:Protoreaster
Species:P. nodosus
Granulated Sea Star

Sea Cucumbers
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Echinodermata
Class:Holothuroidea
Order:Aspidochirotida
Family:Holothuriidae
Genus:Holothuria
Species:Holothuria pardalis

  • They have endoskeleton which means that their skeleton is on the inside.
  • Echinoderms have no body segments
  • Also the have radial symmetry ( which means it has more than 2 lines of symmetry).

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