• DOI:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1984.tb00411.x
Corpus ID: 86572427

THE EARLY RADIATION AND PHYLOGENY OF ECHINODERMS

@article{Paul1984THEER,
  title={THE EARLY RADIATION AND PHYLOGENY OF ECHINODERMS},
  author={C. Paul and A. Smith},
  journal={Biological Reviews},
  year={1984},
  volume={59}
}

C. Paul, A. Smith

Published 1984

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Biological Reviews

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1. Living echinoderms are characterized by an extensive water vascular system developed from the larval left hydrocoel, a complex, multi‐plated endoskeleton with stereom structure, and pentamery. Fossil evidence shows that stereom evolved before pentamery, but both were acquired during the Lower Cambrian.