Evolution of Maternal Provisioning and Development in the Ophiuroidea: Egg Size, Larval Form, and Parental Care. [PDF]
Integr Comp BiolSynopsis The Ophiuroidea is the most speciose class of echinoderms and has the greatest diversity of larval forms, but we know less about the evolution of development (evo-devo) in this group than for the other echinoderm classes.
Byrne M +4 more
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A Sister-Group Comparison of Branching and Pedicellariae in Brittlestars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). [PDF]
Integr Org Biol, 2023 Synopsis Branching of arms and presence of pedicellariae are characters among ophiuroids found only in the order Euryalida (snakestars and basketstars). Family Asteronychidae has neither character; family Euryalidae has 2 small clades with branched arms;
Turner RL, O'Neill BO.
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Having cake and eating too: The benefits of an intermediate larval form in a brittle star Amphiodia sp. opaque (Ophiuroidea). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Most marine invertebrate larvae either obligately feed or depend on maternally provided reserves during planktonic development. A small number of species have the capacity to do both, in a mode of development known as facultative planktotrophy.
Nakata NN, Emlet RB.
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Exceptional population genomic homogeneity in the black brittle star Ophiocomina nigra (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) along the Atlantic-Mediterranean coast. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 The Atlantic-Mediterranean marine transition is characterised by strong oceanographic barriers and steep environmental gradients that generally result in connectivity breaks between populations from both basins and may lead to local adaptation.
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceOphiuroids, the most diverse group of echinoderms, inhabit a vast array of ecological niches and play vital roles in benthic ecosystems as suspension feeders, scavengers and opportunists.
Jieying Na +13 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022 Deep-sea ophiuroids were collected by the manned submersible ‘Shenhaiyongshi’ from the South China Sea at depths of 500–3550 m, in 2017 to 2020. A total of 18 species were identified, including three new species and eight new records, increasing the ...
Hasitha Nethupul +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Asteroschema tubiferum (Ophiuroidea: Euryalida: Asteroschematidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 We describe the first mitochondrial genome of a brittle star Asteroschema tubiferum Matsumoto 1911 in family Asteroschematidae. The mitogenome was sequenced and assembled using next-generation sequencing technology, and were 16,361 bp in size with 37 ...
Zhaoshan Zhong +3 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2018 A new classification of Ophiuroidea, considering family rank and above, is presented. The new family and superfamily taxa in O’Hara et al. (2017) were proposed to ensure a better readability of the new phylogeny but are unavailable under the provisions ...
Timothy D. O'Hara +4 more
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First Jurassic brittlestar from Neuquén Basin, Argentina [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Articulated fossil ophiuroids from South America were reported for the Devonian, Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene. Here we report the first Jurassic record of an articulated ophiuroid from the Sierra Chacaicó Formation (early Pliensbachian– Sinemurian ...
DÉBORA M. CAMPETELLA +6 more
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An annotated catalogue of Echinodermata types in the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2022 The types of nominal species of Echinodermata in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo are catalogued: Holothuroidea (19 species - 16 holotypes, 1 paratype and 2 neotypes) and Ophiuroidea (4 species - 1 neotype and 3 ...
Luciana Martins +3 more
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