Stachelhäuter

Definitions of Stachelhäuter
  1. noun
    marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
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    Seestern
    echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
    Seeigel
    shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells
    Seewalze
    echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
    Seelilie
    crinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surface
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    Wirbelloses Gewebetier
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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