Echinozoa

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Echinozoa
Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Present
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A sea cucumber ( Apostichopus californicus ) among sea urchins ( Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Mesocentrotus franciscanus ) in California, United States
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Echinozoa
Classes

† = 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". Answers.com .