How does a hydrostatic skeleton provide support?
1 Answer
Jul 14, 2014
Hydrostatic refers to a skeleton that supports a frame using water pressure; imagine a balloon filled with water. The water is held within a body cavity called the coelom. This skeleton is considered an endoskeleton, or a skeleton the inside of the body. Arthropods, like insects and crustaceans have an external skeleton, or exoskeleton.
A hydrostatic skeleton is found on soft bodied animals such as mollusks, cephalopods, and echinoderms.
Jellyfish also have hydrostatic skeletons.
