what are salient features of echinoids ?
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Echinoids are also known as Sea urchins and are archaically called sea hedgehogs.
They are of the class Echinoidea, they are small in size, spiny and spherical in shape.
They feed primarily on algae and are known to move around slowly.
They are of the class Echinoidea, they are small in size, spiny and spherical in shape.
They feed primarily on algae and are known to move around slowly.
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The salient features of echinoids are:
1. Echinoids are one of the most diverse and echinoderm groups such as sea urchin and sand dollars.
2. The roe e.g. eggs of some echinoids like sea urchin are eaten in some countries like Japan and Korea etc.
3. Echinoids have some substantial fossils record over the periods.
4. Some echinoids species are commercially fished.
1. Echinoids are one of the most diverse and echinoderm groups such as sea urchin and sand dollars.
2. The roe e.g. eggs of some echinoids like sea urchin are eaten in some countries like Japan and Korea etc.
3. Echinoids have some substantial fossils record over the periods.
4. Some echinoids species are commercially fished.
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