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Echinoderms: Adaptations & Characteristics in Marine Environments

Explore how echinoderms are uniquely adapted to their surroundings with body organization, radial symmetry, internal skeleton, water vascular system, and more. Learn about their feeding habits, including how they open bivalve mollusks, and their impressive ability to regenerate.

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Echinoderms: Adaptations & Characteristics in Marine Environments

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  1. Echinoderms How are Echinoderms adapted to their environments?

  2. Characteristics: • Body organization:

  3. Characteristics: • Body organization: • 5 part radial symmetry

  4. Characteristics: • Body organization: • 5 part radial symmetry • Internal skeleton

  5. Characteristics: • Body organization: • 5 part radial symmetry • Internal skeleton • Water vascular system

  6. Characteristics: • Body organization: • 5 part radial symmetry • Internal skeleton • Water vascular system • Fluid filled tubes

  7. Characteristics: • Body organization: • 5 part radial symmetry • Internal skeleton • Water vascular system • Fluid filled tubes • carry food and oxygen to cells.

  8. Characteristics: • Body organization: • 5 part radial symmetry • Internal skeleton • Water vascular system • Fluid filled tubes • carry food and oxygen to cells. • carry waste away from cells.

  9. Characteristics: • Feeding:

  10. Characteristics: • Feeding: • Clamp onto bivalve mollusks and open them up using suction cups on their arms

  11. Characteristics: • Other:

  12. Characteristics: • Other: • Able to regenerate

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