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Brittle stars looking like starfish: the first fossil record of the Astrophiuridae and a remarkable case of convergent evolution
The genus Astrophiura, which ranks among the most extraordinary of modern brittle stars, is the type genus of the recently resurrected family Astrophiuridae within the order Ophiurida. On account of its absurdly enlarged and strongly modified lateral arm plates, Astrophiura bears a closer resemblanc...
Autores principales: | Thuy, Ben, Gale, Andy, Numberger-Thuy, Lea |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6858817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31741791 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8008 |
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