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Is a sand dollar a reptial?
A sand dollars crawls but it is not a reptile. It is a Echoinoderm related to sea urchin and star fish.
How many definitions are for the word sand dollar?
Just one, -a round, flat sea urchin.
What type of animal is a sanddollar?
The sand dollar is a type of sea urchin classified as Clypeasteroida. They are usually very flat in appearance and burrow in the sand.
What is sand dollar prey?
The most common predators of sand dolars are ocean pouts and sunflower starfish. Sand dollars do not have many predators.
Will a living sand dollar live away from the water?
No, a sand dollar is a marine animal that must remain in the water to survive. It is very similar to a sea urchin or even a star fish in this sense.
Is a sand dollar bacteria?
No, snad dollar is not a bacteria. It is an animal under the phylum Echinodermata. it is a kind of sea urchin. Further bacteria are single celled mostly and are microscopic, whereas sand dollars are beautiful creatures sometimes seen at sea shores.
What is the difference between sand dollars and sea urchins?
The structural deference between them is that Sea urchins are more globular whereas sand dollars are flattened. Unlike sea urchins, the sand dollars burrow themselves when threatened. Sand dollars have anus opening at their back side whereas the sea urchins have it at the top.
What are echinoderms?
Echinoderms are sea animals that live in salt water. There are five kind of Echinoderms, sea stars, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and sand dollars. Echinoderms all are invertebrates and have internal skeletons.
Is a sea urchin a sea plant?
No, sea urchins are animals. They are echinoderms (meaning "spiny skin") and are related to sea stars, sea cucumbers, and sand dollars. They eat kelp and other forms of algae.
What are examples of echinoderms?
There are over 6000 types of echinoderms. A few examples are the banded-arm brittle star, common sea urchin, cushion sea star, etc. I you were looking for types of echinoderms, they areSea star or starfish (Asteroidea)Brittle stars, basket stars, serpent stars (Ophiuroidea)Sea urchins, heart urchins and sand dollars (Echinoidea)Holothurians or sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea)Feather stars and sea lilies (Crinoidea).
Is sea urchin a carnivore?
no, they are bottomfeeders, feeding on the wastes products and nutrients in the sand.
What are 5 echinoderms found in the Bahamas?
sea cucubers,sand dollars,sea urchin,and starfish
