Tube feet

Sea urchin tube feet extended past the spines.

Tube feet (technically podia) are small active tubular projections on the oral face of an echinoderm, such as the arms of a starfish, or the undersides of sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers; they are more discreet though present on brittle stars, and have only a feeding function in feather stars. They are part of the water vascular system.[1]

  1. ^ "Morphology". Echinodermata. University of California Museum of Paleontology.

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