tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post2192415823316046256..comments2024-03-27T10:06:07.100-07:00Comments on The Echinoblog: The World's BIGGEST Brittle Stars!!!ChrisMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-78520162739042722302009-05-07T16:27:00.000-07:002009-05-07T16:27:00.000-07:00OH, and also, are these basket stars able to contr...OH, and also, are these basket stars able to control every since one of their tentacles? What preys on them? (they're quite large!)YoUsed2beCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07672057746616618985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-27528770787106110972009-05-07T16:24:00.000-07:002009-05-07T16:24:00.000-07:00Hi, I am from Rebecca Johnson's Biology 555 marine...Hi, I am from Rebecca Johnson's Biology 555 marine invert zoology class. Wonderful post showing the varying sizes of these beautiful critters. I was curious as to how quickly the basket stars grow? Also, what material comprises their tentacles?YoUsed2beCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07672057746616618985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-1873326396280092702009-04-28T13:01:00.000-07:002009-04-28T13:01:00.000-07:00Sigh...I do miss it, really I do... I enjoy the p...Sigh...I do miss it, really I do... I enjoy the paycheck and all. But my heart is still with ophiuroids. Thanks for the fantastic reminder of just why that is the case :)Susan Hottenrotthttp://home.att.net/~ophiuroidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-51348893629588207482009-04-28T07:05:00.000-07:002009-04-28T07:05:00.000-07:00Tentaculus,
I think that is overall armspan (ti...Tentaculus,<br /> I think that is overall armspan (tip to tip) but yes. About a meter in diameter sounds right for some of those taxa.ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-18138710689653526122009-04-28T05:15:00.000-07:002009-04-28T05:15:00.000-07:00A whole post on body size! ExcellentA whole post on body size! ExcellentDr. Mhttp://deepseanews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-71984712873114473182009-04-28T03:16:00.000-07:002009-04-28T03:16:00.000-07:00Some Indo-Pacific reef field guides list the baske...Some Indo-Pacific reef field guides list the basket star Astroboa nuda for being notably 1 meter across in diameter. Is that true?<br /><br />This is fascinating...tentaculushttp://tentaculus.deviantart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-72326821091811575162009-04-27T23:46:00.000-07:002009-04-27T23:46:00.000-07:00I'm pretty sure the branching arm thing has evolve...I'm pretty sure the branching arm thing has evolved more then once. <br /><br />There are a handful of ophiuroid phylogenies but I don't believe any of them are deeply sampled enough to show whether the Gorgonocephalidae is truly monophyletic or not.<br /><br />Ophiuroid phylogeny/systematics is pretty much an open book-but there's this obstacle: someone to ID them for you... Nobody really does both.ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-51277724032880733522009-04-27T23:07:00.000-07:002009-04-27T23:07:00.000-07:00Has the monophyly of the Gorgonocephalidae been te...Has the monophyly of the Gorgonocephalidae been tested? I'm curious to whether the branching arms evolved more than once. It is a large family after all.Kevin Zelniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com