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Sea creatures with five-fold symmetry and a hydraulic plumbing system instead of blood.

means A marine animal like a starfish, sea urchin, or sea cucumber, built on a five-part radial body plan with spiny skin.

from From Greek echinos (hedgehog) plus derma (skin), literally hedgehog-skin, coined for the prickly urchins that started it all.

Water powerMove via water-filled tube feet, no muscles needed.
BrainlessThey have no brain whatsoever, just nerve rings.
Regrow limbsSome starfish regenerate a whole body from one arm.
Symmetry switchLarvae are bilateral; adults rebuild into fivefold radial.
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