Species Profile
Echeneis
Sucker fish / Remora
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassOsteichthyes
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Echeneis lives in marine waters.
Attaches to sharks and whales.
Feeds on leftovers.
Size & Structure
01
Flattened head disc
02
Elongated body
03
Dark colour
04
Forked tail
Echeneis — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, single
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Branchial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Commensal association
Cleans hosts
Marine food web link
Economic Importance
Biological studies
Cultural references
Educational importance