Ophioplocus esmarki brittle star, which is part of the Echinoderm phylum. Currently, my research focuses on the development of the Ophioplocus esmarki brittle star. Brittle stars belong to the phylum ...

COCKBAIN 1 has suggested an extension of the suture-line theory 2 of the origin and significance of pentamerism in the phylum Echinodermata, which depends primarily on the fact that all modern ...

A brief history and some fundamentals / Craig M. Young -- Phylum Porifera / Manuel Maldonado and Patricia R. Bergquist -- Phylum Cnidaria / Vicki J. Martin and Ron Koss -- Phylum Ctenophora / Mark Q.

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 ...

This is the perfect time of year to look for an amazing group of animals, the echinoderms. The phylum echinodermata includes the sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, sea daisies and ...

Echinoderms are a phylum of exclusively marine deuterostome invertebrates characterized by pentaradial symmetry in adults, a calcareous endoskeleton composed of ossicles, and a unique water vascular ...