Ophiuroidea Essays

BIO 308: ANIMALS : FORMS AND FUNCTIONS TITLE Abstract Introduction Octopuses are one of the smartest animals in the world. Octopuses live in oceans all over the world including pelagic waters ( near water's surface near the shells), coral reefs and crevices. Anatomy Octopuses are non skeletal organisms which are able to move around the water with speed and grace. They are able to fit into the space which is much smaller than their body size. Adult octopuses usually weigh 15 kgms and

class Asteriodea, example star fish, class Ophiuroidea example, brittle star, class Echinoidea, example sea urchins and the class Holothroidea, example sea cucumber. Phylum Mollusca consist of six major classes, which are Monoplacophora, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda and the last class which is the Bivalvia. To begin with, in Echinodermata there are four classes that will be discuss and the first class will be Ophiuroidea. Ophiuroidea is a class of the phylum Echinodermata, which