(from the article `echinoderm`) ...microscopic spicules; includes living orders Dendrochirotida, Dactylochirotida, Aspidochirotida, Elasipodida, Molpadiida, and Apodida; 1,100 ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/7
E·chi'noid adjective [ Echinus + -oid .] (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea. -- noun One of the Echinoidea. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6