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How do echinoderms use their endoskeleton like an exoskeleton?
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∙ 12y ago
An exoskeleton is also used as a shell sort of thing. So The echinoderms use their endoskeleton for protection. Only when they need to though.
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∙ 12y ago
Echinoderms, such as sea stars and sea urchins, have an endoskeleton made of hard plates called ossicles that lie inside their bodies. Although this endoskeleton is internal, it functions similarly to an exoskeleton by providing support and protection. It allows echinoderms to control their body shape and movement, just like an exoskeleton does for other invertebrates.
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starfish,brittlestar,or a sea urchin(Echinoderms).
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Describe what a brittle star looks like?
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How can you use endoskeleton in a sentence?
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You could see the frogs exoskeleton 5 days later after it died.
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exoskeleton
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They use their exoskeleton.
