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Can you describe the outer covering of the echinoderm body? (For a starfish)

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Their endoskeleton is made of calcareous plaques that, in addition to spines, contain pedicellaria, small pincers used to clean the body and to help capture prey. They also contain a hydrovascular system known as the ambulacral system. Adult echinoderms have pentaradial symmetry; the radial symmetry in these animals is secondary, as it is present only in adults.
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