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Sea cucumbers (see figure) are classic hydrostats- cylindricalin shape with a body wall surrounding a constant volume of water.Many sea cucumber species crawl along the substrate usingperistaltic locomotion (waves of alternating muscle contraction)while some species burrow into the substrate, which requires forceto displace sediment. How might (a) the fiber angle of thecollagenous body wall and (b) the initial shape of the animalcorrelate with peristaltic locomotion versus burrowing?

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Sea cucumbers are marine animals Properties Leathery skin Elongated body Single gonad Cylindrical elongated nody Mouth and excretory hole are located in opposite poles Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Subphylum Echinoza    See Answer
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