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Global diversity of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
This review presents a comprehensive overview of the current status regarding the global diversity of the echinoderm class Ophiuroidea, focussing on taxonomy and distribution patterns, with brief introduction to their anatomy, biology, phylogeny, and ...
Sabine Stöhr, Timothy D O'Hara, Ben Thuy   +2 more
doaj   +7 more sources

Ophiuroidea das regiões antartica e subantartica: 2. variação em Gorgonocephalus chílensis (Philippi) (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Gorgonocephalidae) Ophiuroidea from antarctic and subantarctic regions: 2. variation on Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi) (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Gorgonocephalidae)

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 1983
Foram examinados 198 exemplares de Gorgonocephalus chilensis das regiões antártica e subantartica, tendo-se em vista a variação de caracteres morfológicos externos.
Ana Maria Gouveia Monteiro, Luiz Roberto Tommasi   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Unravelling Hidden Trophic Interactions Among Sea Urchin Juveniles and Macroinvertebrates by DNA Amplification. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Rocky reefs may shift between two distinct stable states: productive algal forests, characterised by high abundance and biodiversity of macrofauna, and impoverished barrens, dominated by overgrazing sea urchins. Barren states may persist despite the recovery of adult sea urchin predators, suggesting additional stabilising mechanisms.
Sutera A, Bonaviri C, Trapani FD, Bella F, Macic V, Marković O, Hereu B, Michele R.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Non-Invasive Underwater DNA Sampling Illuminates Red Sea Echinoderm Diversity. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Species‐specific non‐invasive underwater DNA sampling remains largely understudied for marine invertebrates despite its potential to revolutionise biodiversity assessment of vulnerable species or fragile ecosystems. Comprehensive species‐specific DNA barcode databases are essential for accurate species identification and taxonomic assignment ...
Bonomo M, Bronstein O.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific

ZooKeys, 2014
There are numerous and important coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific, but scarce studies of brittle stars conducted in these ecosystems. In this regard, this work provides the first annotated checklist of brittle stars associated with coral communities ...
Rebeca Granja Fernández, María Dinorah Herrero Pérezrul, Ramón Andrés López Pérez, Luis Hernández, Fabián Rodríguez Zaragoza, Robert Wallace Jones, Rubén Pineda López   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Examining Marine Assemblages Across an Inverse Salinity Gradient. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Salinity gradients and fluctuations can create a natural ecological filter, with few species tolerating salinity above 50 practical salinity units (PSUs). We investigated how an inverse salinity gradient affected marine community diversity and composition in Shark Bay, a remote hypersaline coastal embayment in Western Australia.
Richards KE, Jarman S, Saunders BJ, Wilson S, Harvey ES.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cryptic predation on coral spawn: Hidden trophic links in the dead of night. [PDF]

Ecology
Ecology, Volume 106, Issue 8, August 2025.
Shlesinger T.
europepmc   +2 more sources

New species, redescriptions and new records of deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the South China Sea, an integrated morphological and molecular approach

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, Sabine Stöhr, Haibin Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Euryalida (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from Northwest Africa

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023
From 2004 to 2012, ten multidisciplinary oceanographic surveys were conducted along the coast of Northwest Africa, between the Strait of Gibraltar and the northern border of Sierra Leone.
Belén Calero, Fran Ramil
doaj   +1 more source

Ofiuroideos del Cretácico Inferior de Patagonia: primer registro fósil articulado para el Mesozoico de América del Sur [PDF]

, 2019
The first articulated remains of ophiuroids for the Mesozoic of South America are described from the Lower Cretaceous of Neuquén Basin, Argentina.
Comerio, Marcos, Fernández, Diana Elizabeth, Giachetti, Luciana María, Pazos, Pablo Jose, Perez, Damián, Stöhr, Sabine, Thuy, Ben   +6 more
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