Brittle stars (Class Ophiuroidea ... have challenged traditional classifications based solely on gross anatomy. Increasingly, phylogenomic analyses have integrated fossil data with subtle ...

The brittle stars gets its name from the way its skins dries and becomes very easily broken. However, its anatomy shouldn’t be under estimated as basic; the star is known for its bioluminescent ...

They analyzed over 250 brittle stars collected over a roughly 160-year span. They studied the animals’ coloring, body shape, internal anatomy and DNA, the study said. Eventually, patterns began ...

In a groundbreaking study, brainless creatures like brittle stars exhibit a remarkable ability ... Lead researcher Julia Notar unveils their unique anatomy, emphasizing the absence of a ...

Brittle stars are unusual in having limbs with different, interchangeable roles in locomotion that are not constrained by anatomy.

The brittle star specimen suggests that the sea creatures have been splitting themselves in two to reproduce for more than 150 million years. By Jack Tamisiea Some brittle stars give an arm and a ...

Researchers said on Thursday that the red brittle star, called Ophiocoma wendtii, joins a species of sea urchin as the only creatures known to be able to see without having eyes — known as ...