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Ophiactis savignyi

Brittle Star

Breeana Heaslip (2013)

                                                

 

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References & Links

References & Links


Ambrose Jr WG (1993) 'Effects of predation and disturbance by ophiuroids on soft-bottom community structure in Oslofjord: results of a mesocosm study', Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 97, pp. 225-236.
 
Chao SM and Tsai CC (1995) 'Reproduction and population dynamics of the fissiparous brittle star Ophiactis savignyi (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)', Marine Biology, vol. 124, pp. 77-83.

Emson RH & Wilkie IC (1984) 'An apparent instance of recruitment following sexual reproduction in the fissiparous brittle star Ophiactis savignyi', Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 77, pp. 23-28. 

Gondim AI, Alonso C, Dias TLP, Manso CLC and Christoffersen ML (2013) 'A taxonomic guide to the brittle-stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the state of Paraiba continental shelf, Northeastern Brazil', ZooKeys, vol. 307, pp. 45-96.

Hickman Jnr CP, Roberts LS, Keen SL, I’Anson H and Eisenhour DJ (2004) 'Integrated Principles of  Zoology', 15th ed, McGraw-Hill, USA.

McGovern TM (2002) 'Patterns of sexual and asexual reproduction in the brittle star Ophiactis savignyi in the Florida Keys', Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 230, pp. 119-126.

Roy MS and Sponer R (2002) 'Evidence of a human-mediated invasion of the tropical western Atlantic by the 'world's most common brittle star', Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. 269, pp. 1017-1023.

Ruppert EE, Fox RS, and Barnes RD (2004) 'Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach' 7 ed., Brookes/Cole, California, USA.

Santos R, Gorb S, Jarmar V and Flammang P (2005) 'Adhesion of echinoderm tube feet to rough surfaces', The Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 208, pp. 2555-2567.

Smith AB, Paterson GLJ and Lafay B (1995) 'Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and paleontological perspectives', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 114, pp. 213-243. 

Stohr S, O'Hara TD and Thuy, B (2012) 'Global diversity of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)', PLoS ONE, vol. 7.




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