water-vascular system

wa·ter-vas·cu·lar system

(wô′tər-văs′kyə-lər, wŏt′ər-)

A system of water-filled canals derived from the coelom that connects the tube feet of echinoderms.

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The functional morphology of starfish tube feet: the role of a crossed-fiber helical array in movement

Functional morphology of thc water-vascular system. Pp.

The structure and mode of function of the water vascular system of a brittlestar, Ophioderma appressum

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