Echinoderms such as starfish are unusual for their five-fold body symmetry. Maps of gene-expression patterns show how this body plan was acquired, and that the genes specifying head structures do ...

image: Fossil echinoderms—including the edrioasteroid here (Carneyella pilea, Corryville Formation, Dent, Ohio, CMCIP 26324 specimen 12.8 mm wide) attached to a crinoid stem in life position ...

They estimate that the global production from all echinoderms is over a tenth (0.1) of a gigatonne of carbon per year -- that is, more than a hundred thousand million kilograms. This is less than ...

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But while it was previously unclear where they fit in the animal family tree, the new study revealed that they are echinoderms, the ancient relatives of modern animals such as sea urchins ...

Mollusks get both larger and smaller than all the Echinoderms and they are more diverse both in terms of number of species and the ecological niches they fill. If you don’t believe me that Mollusks ...

Now researchers have gotten their first-ever look at similar tentacle-like structures in an extinct group of these echinoderms. It was suspected that the ancient marine invertebrates, called ...

Starfish, also known as sea stars, belong to a group of animals called echinoderms, which includes sea urchins and sea cucumbers. Their strange body plans have long puzzled biologists. Most ...

While studying zoology at his native New Zealand’s Victoria University in Wellington, Pawson chose to focus his research on echinoderms, a group of marine invertebrates that includes sea stars ...

Not your typical Echinoderm. This female specimen of a Xyloplax seastar was collected along the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of the state of Washington; it measures less than a quarter-inch (4 mm) ...

The diversity and abundance of echinoderm fossils is reflected in the Museum's large, world-class collection. Fossil echinoderms are numerous, due in part to the fantastic preservation potential of ...