righting response

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locomotion in Echinodermata

  • starfishes
    In echinoderm: Righting response

    Among echinoderms a normal position may be with the mouth either facing a surface, as in asteroids, ophiuroids, concentricycloids, and echinoids, or facing away from it, as in crinoids and holothurians. When overturned, echinoderms exhibit a righting response. Starfishes show this response most…

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