Assertion: sand dollar | /r/CapableOf | use spine
Facets:
value: to burrow into sand
type: PURPOSE
value: on its surface
type: LOCATION
value: unlike sea stars
type: OTHER
value: to bring in water
type: PURPOSE
value: on their underside
type: LOCATION
value: for breathing (like gills)
type: PURPOSE
value: to move food particles
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Sand dollars use spines and tiny appendages (cilia and tube feet) to collect food and guide it toward the mouth.
text: When sand dollars are using their spines and cilia to move food particles through the sand for dinner, those morsels can be a mix of various things, reports
text: The sand dollar uses its spines to burrow into sand.
text: Sand dollars use spines on the upper side of the body for breathing (like gills).
text: They use spines to dig sand.
text: Sand dollars are also able to move across the ocean floor using the spines on their underside.
text: The sand dollar pushes the anterior margin of their body through the substrate at a slight angle, and plows forward and upward beneath the upper surface using the spines on the aboral surface (Banister and Campbell 1985).
text: To breathe, the sand dollar uses the spines on its surface to bring in water in which the oxygen is extracted by the skin.
text: Unlike sea stars that use tube feet for locomotion, sand dollars use their spines to move along the sand, or to drive edgewise into the sand.
text: Unlike sea stars that use tube feet for locomotion, sand dollars use their spines to move along the sand, or to drive edgewise into the sand.
text: The sand dollar uses its spines to burrow into sand.