Question

They’re not related to legumes, but some of these animals release toxic saponins to complement their lackluster immune system. After birth, these animals develop well-defined limbs between the bipinnaria and brachiolaria developmental stages. Millions of these animals involuntarily shed their limbs and disintegrated (-5[1])due to a mysterious wasting disease. (10[1]-5[2])Mussel populations (-5[3])on North (10[1]-5[1])America’s Pacific (10[1])coast are controlled by a purple (-5[2])type (10[1]-5[1])of these animals (10[1]-5[3])in genus (10[1]-5[2])Pisaster. (10[1]-5[3])The (10[1])giant triton (10[2])snail is ecologically important because it acts as the primary predator of a coral-eating (10[1])species (10[1])of these animals (10[2])named for the crown-of-thorns. (10[2])These animals (10[4])are found (10[1])in class Asteroidea, (10[1])unlike their closely related “brittle” sister class. (10[1])For 10 points, identify these (10[1])echinoderms (-5[1])named for their five arms. (10[6])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: sea stars [or starfish; accept Asteroidea or asteroids until read; accept specific sea stars like the crown of thorns, purple, or common sea stars; accept sea cucumbers until “bipinnaria” is read; prompt on echinodermata until read; reject “brittle stars”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
E Smith (UG)JMU B (UG)Liberty A (Grad)42-5
Karthik PrasadCornell BCornell A4810
Aadarsh BalireddyCornell CRIT A48-5
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BMichigan C48-5
Ryan SunBerkeley BStanford C50-5
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)UNC D (DII)50-5
Jem BurchYale BHarvard A50-5
Shardul RaoMinnesota BArizona State52-5
Joshua CruiceOxford CWarwick5210
John Gehringer (UG)CedarvilleMichigan B5410
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)JMU A (UG)60-5
Ian DewanKielEdinburgh60-5
Vinu HariharBerkeley CBerkeley A6110
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AKentucky61-5
Mason Mabry (DII)Virginia B (UG)UNC B (UG)6410
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)Virginia A (UG)64-5
William Groger (UG)Columbia BColumbia C64-5
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU AJohns Hopkins64-5
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)Liberty B (DII)6610
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia A66-5
Alex LewtonDartmouth BBoston University66-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford BStanford A67-5
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)Duke A (UG)6710
Iris Pardue (UG)KenyonOhio State A67-5
Caden HausteinHardingTennessee67-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota C6810
Carlos DoebeliImperial BCambridge B7010
Jason HongBrown ABrandeis B7010
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)8410
Kai MadgwickDurham ABristol8510
Freddy PottsSheffieldImperial A8810
Elliot CosnettOxford BKCL8810
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)JMU B (UG)9210
Vishal Kanigcherla (UG)PennRowan9210
Emmett ChungStanford CBerkeley B9410
Gino DeLeoneBinghamtonRIT B9410
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaAlabama9410
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BMTSU9410
Sarah PatelVanderbilt BVanderbilt A9610
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)Maryland C (DII)9910
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ADurham B10610
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)GWU A (UG)11110
Sam HuttonCambridge COxford A112-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford AStanford B11710
Will HooverRIT ACornell C11710
Jennifer Haller (UG)JMU A (UG)UNC A (Grad)11710
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota B11710
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghKiel11710
Corey SmithKentuckyGeorgia Tech A11710
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)GWU B (Grad)11810
Giovanni Mazzeo (DII)Virginia A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)11810
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AKenyon11810
Mitchell IndekMichigan COhio State B11810
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CColumbia B11810
Cooper Roh (DII)Columbia AVassar11810
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordJohn Jay11810
Maximilian Niebur (UG)Johns HopkinsNYU A11810
Jacob RobertsonOxford ACambridge C11810
Alexander WyrickTennesseeHarding11810
Jaehyun ParkBoston UniversityDartmouth B11810
Justin DuffyHarvard AYale B11810