This document summarizes key facts about echinoderms: 1) Echinoderms are classified into 5 classes and have a spiny skin or wart-like bumps with the ability to regenerate or lose limbs. 2) They have separate sexes and reproduce both asexually through regeneration and sexually by releasing gametes into water. 3) Echinoderms live mainly in marine environments in shallow and deep waters and have open circulatory and respiratory systems.