how does arthopoda can be differentiated from that of echinodermata?
Arthropoda | Echinodermata |
Possess jointed legs/appendages for locomotion | Having a peculiar water driven tube system that they use for moving around. |
Reduced body cavity (filled with blood) | Have a coelomic body cavity |
They have chitinous exoskeleton | Body surface is covered all over by hard calcium carbonate structures (calcareous spines) that they use as a skeleton. |
Body is bilaterally symmetrical | Symmetry is radial in adults but bilateral in larvae. |
Have segmented body which is divided into head, thorax and abdomen | There is no head or tail, no left or right side |
Found everywhere on earth ( in land, in soil and in water) | Exclusively free living marine animals. |