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The word "ossicle" means "little bone"
The sea cucumber has calcified structures just under the skin which are called microscopic ossicles or sclerietes. There are many of these ossicles which are remnants of a previous endoskeleton.
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Why is a sea cucumber called a sea cucumber?
Because the scientists believed it looked like a cucumber and it was under the sea so therefore, a sea cucumber has derived from cucumber-like look.
Would you put a sea cucumber on your salad?
Sea cucumber is not a salad, and is not eaten by humans.Sea cucumbers are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated bodyThey contain toxins that are poisonous to many predators, only a few specialist animals feed on them.
Does a sea cucumber have a backbone?
no a sea cucumber does not have a backbone.
Does a sea cucumber have a brain?
No a sea cucumber does not have a brain.
What bony plates make up a starfishs skeleton?
The bony plates that make up a starfish's skeleton is the ossicles. They are found in not only starfish but sea cucumbers and sea urchins also.
How does the sea cucumber glorify god?
no idea it is just a sea cucamber and it does nothing only nothing
Is a sea cucumber a mollusc?
No. The sea cucumber is, in fact, an echinoderm like the sea urchin.
What is a sea cucumber carnivore herbivore or omnivore?
A sea cucumber is a Herbivore.
Are the echinoderms soft-bodied animals?
yes, but only sea cucumber
What is the common name for psolus chitinoids?
There are four common names for psolus chitinoids and they are Armoured sea cucumber, Creeping armoured sea cucumber, Slipper sea cucumber and Creeping pedal sea cucumber.
Is a transparent sea cucumber the same as a sea cucumber?
No; sea cucumbers are animals and transparent sea cucumbers are plants.
Witch echinoderms can eject part of its intestines?
sea cucumber... ;)
