Brittle stars are recognizable by their longer, thinner arms. Aija brittle stars live on rocks, coral and sand in the shallow intertidal zone at depths of up to about 90 feet, the study said.

Brittle stars (Class Ophiuroidea) ... extending the known timeline of asexual reproduction in these organisms and providing a window into their early adaptation strategies [1].

A pair of life scientists at the University of Sydney, working with a colleague from Museums Victoria, in Australia, has found that the brooding brittle star (Amphipholis squamata) has a massive ...

Marlétaz’s team extracted and sequenced the DNA they collected from the brittle stars and assembled the genome. To map how brittle stars have evolved since they diverged from other echinoderms about ...

Aija brittle stars have a central disc-like body reaching about 1 inch in diameter and five spine-covered arms measuring up to about 3 inches in length, the study said.

Amphiura filiformis is a brittle star species that lives in burrows in the seabed. It extends its serpent-like arms to suspension-feed on plankton, which leaves the arms vulnerable to a wide range ...

Aija brittle stars have a central disc-like body reaching about 1 inch in diameter and five spine-covered arms measuring up to about 3 inches in length, the study said.

Aija brittle stars have a central disc-like body reaching about 1 inch in diameter and five spine-covered arms measuring up to about 3 inches in length, the study said.

Aija brittle stars have a central disc-like body reaching about 1 inch in diameter and five spine-covered arms measuring up to about 3 inches in length, the study said.

Aija brittle stars have a central disc-like body reaching about 1 inch in diameter and five spine-covered arms measuring up to about 3 inches in length, the study said.

Aija brittle stars have a central disc-like body reaching about 1 inch in diameter and five spine-covered arms measuring up to about 3 inches in length, the study said.

Discover Breviturma securis, a newly identified brittle star species along Taiwan’s coast, featuring spiny arms and unique axe-shaped patterns.