BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
OPHIUROIDEA (brittle stars)
Further Information
| Lab. techniques | Brittle Stars can be narcotised with lidocane (easily available in the form of a throat spray from chemists.) This enables examination without loss of limbs. Have only tried this on a very small specimen (such as are common under stones in rockpools or between fronds of seaweed) and it was even possible to put it in a cavity slide under a coverslip without damage. |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Family | AMPHIURIDAE (a family of brittlestars) | 12 | 2 | |
| Family | OPHIOCOMIDAE (a family of birttlestars) | 1 | ||
| Family | OPHIOTRICHIDAE (a family of birttlestars) | 14 |
Suggested Literature
OPHIUROIDEA may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ECHINODERMATA (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers) |
