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there are many uses of echinoderms. and i can site some. they can be harvested as food, esp. the holothurians, we also use them as decorations, echinoderms esp. sea urchin are also recently studied in the laboratories bec. biologists believe that they may be of help in discovering medicines for human diseases.

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Echinoderms are important to the marine environment because they eat dead and decaying things to keep marine life beautiful.

Also to keep our oceans, lakes, and such, free from contamination.

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in the sea shore of some islands the echinoderms such as sea cucumber is taken as a source of food.. Star fishes are used in ornamentation and some have medicinal value.. Apart from that they have been used in scientific studies, as they show some vertebrate character being an invertebrate.

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Starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, feather stars, and sea daisies make up a significant portion of marine life in the function of predator or prey.

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bacteria need sunlight to get there energy.

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they do notthey help human environment because there healthy

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nothing this doesnt have any impact on humans

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they eat waste products

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