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Ophiuroidea
| Title: | Ophiuroidea. |
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| Name(s): |
Byrne, M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1994 | |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
| Extent: | 98 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3342313 (digitool), FADT3342313 (IID), fau:6416 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Ophiuroids are stellate echinoderms with a central flattened disc sharply set off from the arms (Fig. IA, B). The arms of most ophiuroids are long sinuous structures, and this accounts for their common name, serpent stars. Due to the ease by which many species autotomize and subsequently regenerate their arms, ophiuroids are also called brittle stars (Fig. IC). Living ophiuroids are divided into two orders, the Phrynophiurida and the Ophiurida, with the majority of ophiuroids being members of the Ophiurida (Table I). The microanatomy of these two orders differs in many respects, and their differences are highlighted in this chapter. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ and may be cited as: Byrne, M. (1994). Ophiuroidea. In F. W. Harison & F.-S. Chia (eds.), Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates. Vol. 14: Echinodermata. (pp. 247-343). New York: Wiley-Liss. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #990. |
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| Subject(s): |
Ophiuroidea Serpent stars Phrynophiurida Brittle-stars |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3342313 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
