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found in deep waters,
greater than 200 m deep. The
ophiuroids diverged in the
Early Ordovician.
Ophiuroids can be
found today in all of the
major marine provinces...
- also
contains some
protein and high
levels of pot****ium salts.: 933–939
Ophiuroids, the
group including brittle stars and
basket stars, have a
somewhat different...
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characteristic many-branched arms.
Gorgonocephalidae are the
largest ophiuroids (Gorgonocephalus
eucnemis can
measure up to 70 cm in arm
length with a...
-
benthic invertebrates,
including crabs,
small fishes, sea
urchins and
ophiuroids, polychaetes, and gastropods. It is a
protogynous hermaphrodite. These...
- conodonts, and many
types of
molluscs and echinoderms,
including the
ophiuroids ("brittle stars") and the
first sea stars. Nevertheless, the arthropods...
-
During the summer, the
dragonets feed
primarily on
ophiuroids and amphipods. In this season,
ophiuroids are the most
dominant in number. Finally, in the...
-
predator size, with the
smallest crabs feeding mainly on
amphipods and
ophiuroids,
while the
largest crabs feed
mainly on annelids,
crustacean decapods...
-
stenuroids are
distinguished from each
other and from the
extant asteroids and
ophiuroids by the
arrangements of a
specific type of
ossicle known as virgals: Somasteroids...
- Information".
Fossil Guy. Martin-Medrano, L.; Garcia-Barrera, P. (2006). "Fossil
Ophiuroids of Mexico". In F. J. Vega; T. G. Nybor; M. D. C. Perrillat; M. Montellano-Ballesteros;...
- (/ˌæstəˈrɔɪdiə/).
Common usage frequently finds these names being also
applied to
ophiuroids,
which are
correctly referred to as
brittle stars or
basket stars. Starfish...
