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  1. Sea urchin | Description, Anatomy, & Facts | Britannica

    WebApr 8, 2024 · Learn about sea urchins, spiny marine animals with a globular body and a radial arrangement of organs. Find out how they …

  2. WebOct 1, 2018 · Learn about the Class Echinoidea, which contains echinoderms such as sea urchins, sand dollars and heart urchins.

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      The Class Echinoidea contains some familiar marine creatures - sea urchins and sand dollars, along with heart urchins. These animals are echinoderms, so they are related to sea stars (starfish) and sea cucumbers.
      Echinoderm, any of a variety of invertebrate marine animals belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, characterized by a hard, spiny covering or skin. Living species include sea lilies, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, starfishes, basket stars, and sea daisies. Learn more about echinoderms.
      Echinoidea comes from the Greek word ‘echinos’ meaning “spiny” and includes the sea urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins. Echinoids are the sister taxa to holothuroidians within the Echinozoa clade.
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      Echinoids, or sea urchins (oursins [French], Seeigel [German], erizos de mar [Spanish]) constitute a group of exclusively marine invertebrates inhabiting the intertidal down to the deep-sea trenches. They are characterized by a globose or flattened skeleton known as a test.
    • WebMay 27, 2020 · Learn about echinoids, the spiny marine animals that include sea urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins. Explore their diversity, ecology, anatomy, and fossil record with 3D models, images, …

    • Echinoderm - Wikipedia

    • WebEchinoids are marine animals with a hard shell and spines, living in the seas since the Late Ordovician. They have a variety of shapes and functions, and their fossils can help to date the rocks in which they …

    • WebEchinoidea. There are approximately 940 species of echinoids distributed worldwide in marine habitats from the intertidal to 5000 meters deep. Their fossil record is extensive due to their test (an internal skeleton), and …