Towboat #9
- Type:
- artificial reef, tow boat, originally USCG patrol boat
- Specs:
- ( 40 x 12 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Association, Jim Lees
- Sunk:
- Wednesday July 31, 1995 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°45.127' -74°01.297'
Echinoderms ( literally "spiny skins" ) are among the strangest animals on the planet. They start out as bilaterally symmetric larvae but grow into a 5-way body symmetry as adults. Some species show six, seven, or even higher levels of symmetry. Worm-like Sea Cucumbers have re-evolved a bilateral body plan over the underlying 5-way plan. Because of certain developmental traits, it is felt that despite their strangeness, echinoderms are actually more closely related to chordates than any other group.
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