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General Characteristics cont.

• Possess a network of canals throughout the body - water vascular system.

• The canals are connected to extensions called tube feet (=podia), located on the oral surface

• The water vascular system is important for locomotion, feeding, and gas exchange.

• Sexes are separate; gametes shed into the water; fertilization is external

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