Eleutherozoa
Sign in to saveEleutherozoa is a subphylum of echinoderms. They are mobile animals with the mouth directed towards the substrate. They usually have a madreporite, tube feet, and moveable spines of some sort. It includes all living echinoderms except for crinoids. The monophyly of Eleutherozoa has been proven sufficiently well to be considered "uncontroversial."
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- Echinodermata
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- taxon name
- Eleutherozoa
- taxon rank
- subphylum
- taxon common name
- Bezstopkavce
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- Etymology
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- Asterozoa vs Cryptosyringida
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Eleutherozoa is a subphylum of echinoderms. They are mobile animals with the mouth directed towards the substrate. They usually have a madreporite, tube feet, and moveable spines of some sort. It includes all living echinoderms except for crinoids. The monophyly of Eleutherozoa has been proven sufficiently well to be considered "uncontroversial."
==Etymology==
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