Sea urchin shell, or 'test'. Each white band is the location of a row of tube feet; each pair of white bands is called an ambulacrum. There are five such ambulacra; the fivefold symmetry reveals a kinship with starfish.

Tube feet are the many small tubular projections found most famously on the ventral face of a starfish's arms, but are characteristic of the water vascular system of the echinoderm phylum which also includes sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers and many other sea creatures. Starfish (also called sea stars) are any Echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The water vascular system is a hydraulic system used by Echinoderms such as Starfish and Sea urchins for locomotion food and waste transportation and Echinoderms (Phylum Echinodermata) are a phylum of marine Animals (including Sea stars) Sea urchins are small globular spiny sea cat animals composing most of class Echinoidea. Sand dollars (order Clypeasteroida are flat round marine animals related to sea urchins ( Echinoids, sea stars and other echinoderms The sea cucumber (also known as trepang, bêche-de-mer, or ambiguously Sea slug) is an Echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea

Tube feet function in locomotion and feeding. The tube feet in a sea star are arranged in grooves along the arms. They operate through hydraulic pressure. For the mechanical technology see Hydraulic machinery and Hydraulic cylinder Hydraulics is a topic of science and Engineering They are used to pass food to the ventral mouth at the center, and can attach to surfaces. A sea star that is overturned simply turns one arm over and attaches it to a solid surface, and levers itself the right way up.

Tube feet allow these different types of animals to stick to the ocean floor and move very slowly.

Tube feet consist of two parts: ampulla and podia. Ampulla contain both circular muscles and longitudinal muscle, whereas the podia contain the latter only. Podia bear papilla (adhesive glands) which help to attach with the substratum.

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