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  1. Three-dimensional visualisation of brooding behaviour in two distantly related brittle stars from South African waters

    Three-dimensional visualisation of brooding behaviour in two distantly related brittle stars from South African waters

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J Landschoff --- Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, South Africa CL Griffiths --- Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, South Africa
    Brooding in ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) is a highly-developed reproduction strategy and has evolved independently several times. In South African waters, brooding occurs both in the very small amphiurid Amphipholis squamata, which is hermaphroditic, and in the large ophiodermatid Ophioderma wahlbergii,...