To determine whether increased water motion affects patterns of regeneration in the subtidal burrowing brittlestar Hemipholis elongata (phylum Echinodermata), individuals were subjected to ...

Ophiothrix angulata, a widely recognized and prevalent ophiuroid species in the Western Atlantic, has long been the subject of taxonomic debate due to its remarkable morphological diversity. A new ...

In my previous All Creatures entry I introduced you to two local stars – seastars that is- in the waters around Palmer Station. As members of the phylum Echinodermata, sea stars have a large and ...

A new genus and species of Asteroidea (Echinodermata), Embolaster graffhami, Embolasteridae, n. fam., is described from the Upper Ordovician Bromide Formation of Oklahoma. Embolaster is important in ...

The Natural History Museum holds a significant collection of deuterostome invertebrates, of which about 10% represents type material. Echinoderm specialists who have worked with the Natural History ...

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