Echinozoa
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| Echinozoa | |
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| The melon sea urchin (Echinus melo) in northwest Sardinia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Superphylum: | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Echinozoa |
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† = Extinct | |
The Echinozoa are a subphylum of free-living echinoderms in which the body is essentially globoid with meriodional symmetry. They lack arms, brachioles, or other appendages, and do not at any time exhibit pinnate structure.[1]
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