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radial symmetry

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the property of symmetry about an axis

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the starfish illustrates radial symmetry Source: Internet

Ruppert, Fox & Barnes (2004) p. 873 Echinoderms exhibit secondary radial symmetry in portions of their body at some stage of life. Source: Internet

The larvae of all echinoderms are even now bilaterally symmetrical and all develop radial symmetry at metamorphosis. Source: Internet

At this stage the bilateral symmetry is lost and radial symmetry develops. Source: Internet

This ancestral stock adopted an attached mode of life and suspension feeding, and developed radial symmetry as this was more advantageous for such an existence. Source: Internet

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