Echinozoa
Echinozoa is a subphylum of free-living echinoderms in which the body is essentially globoid with meridional symmetry. Echinozoans lack arms, brachioles, or other appendages, and do not at any time exhibit pinnate structure.[1] Their two extant classes are the sea urchins and the sea cucumbers.
| Echinozoa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| The melon sea urchin (Echinus melo) in northwest Sardinia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Echinozoa |
| Classes | |
† = Extinct | |
See also
List of echinodermata orders.
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