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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...

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Pubblicato in:PeerJ
Autori principali: Thuy, Ben, Gale, Andy, Numberger-Thuy, Lea
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: PeerJ Inc. 2019
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6858817/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31741791
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8008
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