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Descriptor English: Echinodermata
Descriptor Spanish: Equinodermos
Descriptor Echinodermata
Entry term(s) equinodermos
Scope note: Filo de los invertebrados marinos más familiares. La clase Stelleroidea contiene dos subclases, Asteroidea (la ESTRELLA DE MAR) y la Ophiuroidea (las arañas de mar, llamadas también estrellas en cesta y estrellas serpiente). Hay 1500 especies descritas de ESTRELLA DE MAR que se encuentran en todo el mundo. La segunda clase, Echinoidea, tiene alrededor de 950 especies de ERIZOS DE MAR, erizos corazón, y "dólar de arena". La tercera clase, Holothuroidea, comprende alrededor de 900 equinodermos conocidos como PEPINOS DE MAR. Los equinodermos se utilizan extensamente en investigaciones biológicas. (Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp773-826).
Descriptor Portuguese: Equinodermos
Descriptor French: Echinodermata
Entry term(s): Echinodermatas
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.408
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004447
Scope note: A phylum of the most familiar marine invertebrates. Its class Stelleroidea contains two subclasses, the Asteroidea (the STARFISH or sea stars) and the Ophiuroidea (the brittle stars, also called basket stars and serpent stars). There are 1500 described species of STARFISH found throughout the world. The second class, Echinoidea, contains about 950 species of SEA URCHINS, heart urchins, and sand dollars. A third class, Holothuroidea, comprises about 900 echinoderms known as SEA CUCUMBERS. Echinoderms are used extensively in biological research. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp773-826)
Annotation: includes SEA URCHINS; STARFISH; sea lilies, SEA CUCUMBERS & brittle stars; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 4517
Unique ID: D004447
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Echinodermata - Preferred
Concept UI M0006964
Scope note A phylum of the most familiar marine invertebrates. Its class Stelleroidea contains two subclasses, the Asteroidea (the STARFISH or sea stars) and the Ophiuroidea (the brittle stars, also called basket stars and serpent stars). There are 1500 described species of STARFISH found throughout the world. The second class, Echinoidea, contains about 950 species of SEA URCHINS, heart urchins, and sand dollars. A third class, Holothuroidea, comprises about 900 echinoderms known as SEA CUCUMBERS. Echinoderms are used extensively in biological research. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp773-826)
Preferred term Echinodermata
Entry term(s) Echinodermatas



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