Echinozoa | |
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The melonsea urchin (Echinus melo) in northwestSardinia | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Subphylum: | Echinozoa |
Classes | |
† = Extinct |
Echinozoa is a subphylum of free-livingechinoderms 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 exhibitpinnate structure.[1] Their two extant classes are thesea urchins and thesea cucumbers.
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