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Chapter 33, Problem 10IQ
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To list: The key characteristics that distinguish the phylum Echinodermata.
Introduction: Animal phylogeny is the rapidly changing field for the biologists. The members of the animal kingdom are extremely diverse. However, there are certain common features that differentiate them from other organisms of the kingdom. Echinoderms are marine animals with the radially symmetrical body. They are deuterostomes (organisms in which blastopore forms anus).
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