Brittle stars’ skeleton is made up of embedded ossicles. Brittle stars generally mature in two to three years, become full grown in three to four years, and live up to 5 years. Using their arms ...

As suggested by its common name, the fleshy brittle star (Asteronyx loveni ... resolution allowed for the 3D images of skeletal ossicles and soft tissues to be constructed with no physical ...

Brittle stars have a bit more in common with starfish that giant, luminous balls of gas. These organisms look like starfish but with tentacles, and they’re dubbed “brittle” because they’re ...

An eight-armed, pig-snouted brittle star found in the depths of the South Pacific has roots reaching back to the days of the dinosaurs. The brittle star, which has a body just 1.1 inch (3 ...

Scientists have discovered the first evidence that brittle stars living in vibrant coral reefs use thousands of light sensors to navigate their way through their complex environments. This ...

The brooding brittle star (Amphipholis squamata), which has a tiny disk-shaped body and long spindly arms, has a genome several times larger than that seen in other brittle star species ...

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 ...

A pair of life scientists at the University of Sydney, working with a colleague from Museums Victoria, in Australia, has found that the brooding brittle star (Amphipholis squamata) has a massive ...

Some starfish made of a brittle material fortify themselves with architectural antics. Beneath a starfish’s skin lies a skeleton made of pebbly growths, called ossicles, which mostly consist of ...