indirect development

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characteristic of Echinodermata

  • starfishes
    In echinoderm: Development

    During indirect development, the fertilized egg divides many times to produce a hollow ciliated ball of cells (blastula); cleavage is total, indeterminate, and radical. The blastula invaginates at one end to form a primitive gut, and the cells continue to divide to form a double-layered embryo…

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