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Is a sea urchin a arthropod?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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Samtheman97

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14y ago

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No. Sea urchins are echinoderms, meaning, appropriately enough, "spiny skin". Some of the characteristics of arthropods are jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, and a segmented body. While the hard test, or shell, of sea urchins could be thought of as an exoskeleton, sea urchins have no jointed appendages and do not have a segmented body.

Some examples of arthropods are shrimps, crabs, lobsters, and insects.

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16y ago

no they are mollusks bivalves

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No an oyster is a mollusc.

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No. Oysters are Bivalves.

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