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STARFISH AND SEA URCHINS


                                              EXAMPLES OF SEA URCHINS
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                                              EDIBLE SEA URCHIN      CALIFORNIAN PURPLE    PENCIL SLATE SEA
               INTERNAL ANATOMY               (Echinus escelentus)   SEA URCHIN            URCHIN
               OF A SEA URCHIN                                       (Strongylocentrotus   (Heterocentrotus
                               Gonopore  Anus  Madreporite           purpuratus)           mammillatus)

                       Genital plate
                                                                             EXTERNAL FEATURES OF A
                     Intestine                                               SEA URCHIN (UPPER, OR
                                                               Gonad         ABORAL, SURFACE)
                 Stone canal
                                                                Axial gland            Anus
                Ring canal
                                                                 Siphon
              Polian vesicle
                                                                 Test                               Spine
                   Pharynx                                       Spine
                       Nerve ring
                            Radial nerve  Mouth
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                                      Radial canal

                                                  Ampulla

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         CUSHION STAR
         (Asterina gibbosa)
                                                                  COMMON BRITTLE STAR
                                                                  (Ophiothix fragilis)
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                              EXAMPLES OF
                              STARFISH
                                                                               Mouth




                                                        Ambulacral groove



                    COMMON STARFISH                 EXTERNAL FEATURES OF A STARFISH
                    (Asterias rubens)               (LOWER, OR ORAL, SURFACE)
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