GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Spines. The name Echinodermata comes from the words “echino” meaning spiny and “derma” meaning skin. It thus, refers to the spiny skinned animals in the Animal Kingdom, such as the starfish, sea urchins etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spiny skinned animals are placed in Echinodermata. The spines on the skin in echinoderms are part of the endoskeleton. The endoskeleton is made up of calcium carbonate plates called ossicles that bear spines which project outside.

Detailed explanation-3: -Echinoderm means spiny skin. If we break the word down echino = spiny and derm= skin, so these animals are spiny-skinned. Sea stars and their cousins are part of a group of spiny-skinned animals. Sea Stars: Most sea stars have five arms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Echinoderms are named for the spines or bumps covering the outer surface of the bodies of many of them (Greek root word echino-meaning spiny; Latin root word-derm meaning skin). Examples of echinoderms include sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, brittle stars, and feather stars (Fig.

Detailed explanation-5: -The name of the phylum, echinodermata, means “spiny skin.” Many echinoderms do have spiny skin, however some do not or have fake spines, like in many sea cucumbers. To an echinoderm, salt water isn’t only something they live in, it is their blood, source of oxygen, and used in their movement.