Eleutherozoa
Sign in to saveEleutherozoa is a subphylum of echinoderms. They are mobile animals with the mouth directed towards the substrate. They usually have a madreporite, tube feet, and moveable spines of some sort. It includes all living echinoderms except for crinoids. The monophyly of Eleutherozoa has been proven sufficiently well to be considered "uncontroversial."
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It sits within the topics Animal subphyla, Echinoderm taxonomy and Extant Cambrian first appearances.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Echinodermata
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- taxon name
- Eleutherozoa
- taxon rank
- subphylum
- taxon common name
- Bezstopkavce
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Classification
- History
- Asterozoa vs Cryptosyringida
- Phylogeny
- Footnotes
- Works cited
Eleutherozoa is a subphylum of echinoderms. They are mobile animals with the mouth directed towards the substrate. They usually have a madreporite, tube feet, and moveable spines of some sort. It includes all living echinoderms except for crinoids. The monophyly of Eleutherozoa has been proven sufficiently well to be considered "uncontroversial."
==Etymology==
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