Additionally, a new species of brittle star, Ophiura pohangensis, was discovered in Miocene deep-sea deposits in Korea. This finding not only adds to the fossil record of brittle stars in the ...

Degrees of separation Although the long-tentacled brittle star (Amphiura filiformis) differs from the stout sea pansy (Renilla) in both appearance and phylogeny, researchers have now demonstrated that ...

Like many other echinoderms, brittle stars can regenerate their limbs following amputation. 7 “The brittle star can regenerate the arm in just a month, which is very, very fast,” said Parey. In ...

Ophiojura, discovered living on a seamount deep in the Pacific Ocean ... and marine animals lived a tenuous existence. But brittle stars had a survival strategy.

The release described seeing a “pristine coral garden” about the size of three tennis courts that provided “shelter for an array of organisms such as rockfish, brittle stars, and king crabs.” ...