Sea Star Anatomy

• tube feet

• stone canal

• digestive glands

• madreporite

• Opening (inlet) for water entering the water vascular system

• Structures are used for locomotion and capturing food (suction cup-like bottom)

• Structures of the digestive system that produce enzymes for the digestion of food

• tube feet

• stone canal

• digestive glands

• madreporite

• tube feet

• stone canal

• digestive glands

• madreporite

• Opening (inlet) for water entering the water vascular system

• Structures are used for locomotion and capturing food (suction cup-like bottom)

• Structures of the digestive system that produce enzymes for the digestion of food

• endoskeleton

• exoskeleton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• tube feet

• stone canal

• digestive glands

• madreporite

• Opening (inlet) for water entering the water vascular system

• Structures are used for locomotion and capturing food (suction cup-like bottom)

• Structures of the digestive system that produce enzymes for the digestion of food

• A

• B

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What phylum are sea stars in?

• Mollusca

• Arthropoda

• Echinodermata

• Ctenophora

• Bryozoa