Encyclopaedia of Echinodermata, Volume 3Encyclopaedia Of Echinodermata, In Three Volumes, Has Been Carefully Organised And Clearly Written To Meet The Requirements Of The Undergraduate, Postgraduate And Those Involved In The Various Competitive Examinations. The Text Has Been Designed To Approach The Classification, Morphology, Anatomy, Physiology And Development Of All Required Types In A Simple, Lucid And Straightforward Manner.General Characters And Classification And Brief Description Of Other Important Types Have Also Been Dealt With Complete, Authentic And Uptodate Account. Further Separate Chapters On Topics Of Significance And General Interest Pertaining To The Phylum Have Also Been Added To Make The Treatment More Elaborate Profusely Illustrated The Work Has Become Very Informative.The Text Is Not Only Encyclopaedic In Scope, But Also Of Introductory Concise, Commensurate Yet Exhaustive Presentation. Salient Features" Comparative Anatomy Of Echinodemata" Physiology And Ecology Of Echinodermata" Phylum Echinodermata |
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aboral surface ambulacral grooves ambulacral plates ambulacrum amoebocytes Amphipholis Amphiura ampulla antarctic Antedon anus apical system Arbacia archenteron arm bases axial gland axial sinus body wall brachials branches brooding buccal bursae calcareous ring cavity cells cidaroids ciliated coast coelomic coelomic epithelium coelomocytes comatulids connective tissue crinoids Cucumaria Cuénot digestive tract disk dorsal Echinocardium cordatum echinoderms echinoids Echinus epidermis epineural epithelium esophagus fasciole genera genital plates genus gonads gonopores haemal ring holothurians hydrocoel hydropore hyponeural Indo-Pacific inner interambulacral interradial intestine lantern larva layer left somatocoel littoral longitudinal muscle madreporic madreporite membrane mesenchyme mesentery Mortensen mouth muscle fibres nerve ring nervous Ophiothrix Ophiura ophiuroids oral side oral surface ossicles papillae pedicellariae periproct peristome petaloids pinnules pluteus podia podium posterior radial nerve radial water canal regular urchins sand dollar skeletal spatangoids spawning species stalk stomach stone canal tentacles tentacular terminal tube tubercles tubules usually ventral water ring