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Sea cucumber belongs to which phylum? Describe it’s structure associated with locomotion.

Sea cucumber or holothuria belongs to phylum Echinodermata. For locomotion, sea cucumbers use tube feet , which are small sucker like projections present on the three ambulacral canals on the surface close to the substratum. These are numerous and allow the animal to crawl .


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