http://www.diatribune.com/marine-life-series-how-tube-feet-work Comments for "Marine Life Series: How Tube Feet Work" en http://www.diatribune.com/marine-life-series-how-tube-feet-work <div class="intro"><a href="http://imageshack.us/"><img border="" src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1669/tubefeet1ib3.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a></div> <p>Sea stars, sea urchins and most other members of the phylum Echinodermata move along the ocean bottom using structures known as tube feet. These tube feet, called <strong>ambulacrae</strong> in science-speak, are unique to this group of animals. They are basically hollow cylinders tipped with a powerful sucker.</p> <p><a href="http://www.diatribune.com/marine-life-series-how-tube-feet-work">read more</a></p> http://www.diatribune.com/marine-life-series-how-tube-feet-work#comments marine life Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:45:05 -0700 Mark H 3028 at http://www.diatribune.com