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Under construction - For now we propose you use the Glossary as taken from the SERTC Echinoderm Taxonomy Workshop manual
Aboral: away from / opposite the mouth.
Ambulacrum (pl. ambulacra): area of the body that bears tube feet; the central part of an ambulacrum is called the radius.
Anal papillae: radially placed papillae encircling the anus.
Anal teeth: anal papillae that are so heavily calcified that they form hard structures.
Anastomosis: joining of branching structures forming a network
Anchor: ossicle shaped as an anchor
Anchor plate: rounded
Anus:
Apodous (apodan):
Appendage:
Arborescent:
Autoevisceration:
Basket:
Brooding:
Bippinaria:
Brachiolaria
Bivium:
Button:
Calcareous ring:
Calcite:
Cartilagenous ring:
Cloaca:
Cloacal retractor muscle:
Coelomic cavity
Congeners (congeneric):
Cuvierian tubules (organ of Cuvier):
Dendritic:
Digitate:
Disc (table):
Disc (terminal): see endplate
Distal:
Dorsal:
Echinopluteus: (pl. echinoplutei):
Ellipsoid:
Fission:
Fissipareous:
Evisceration:
Holotype:
Interambulacrum (pl. interambulacra):
Interradius (pl. interradii):
Interradial plate:
Intertidal: a zone of the seashores that is exposed to tidal action
Introvert:
Larva (pl. larvae):
Lecitotrophy:
Lectotype:
Longitudinal muscle:
Madreporite:
Mesentry
Miliary granule:
Neotype:
Oral:
Ophiopluteus (pl. ophioplutei):
Ossicle: also called spicule or calcareous deposit
Papilla (pl. papillae):
Paratype
Paralectotype:
Peltate:
Pentactula:
Perforated plate:
Peristaltic:
Planktotrophy:
Polian vesicle:
Radial Plate:
Respiratory tree
Rete mirabile:
Retractor muscle:
Rod:
Rosette:
Sensory cup:
Sole:
Stone canal:
Syntype:
Table:
Tentacle:
Tentacle ampullae:
Trivium:
Tube feet:
Ventral:
Vittelaria:
Wheel: