Answer:
a. a hydraulic system that regulates water pressure.
Step-by-step explanation:
The thorns of starfish and sea urchins can serve both to protect the animal (some may have toxic substances) as well as to help them move around. They have internally an aquifer system, called ambulacral system. This system causes seawater to enter the animal's body and circulate through water vessels where pressure differences produce movements that help locomotion and prey capture in some species. In other words, we can say that starfish and sea urchins operate their tube feet with a hydraulic system that regulates water pressure.
The hydraulic channels are connected to small tubes, called ambulatory or ambulatory feet, which help the animal to move. Water enters the animal through one or more pores located in the so-called madrporic plaque or mother-of-stone located near the anus.