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Ophiomyxina
Ophiomyxina (brittle-stars; subclass Ophiuroidea, order Phrynophiurida) A suborder of modern brittle-stars which are completely enclosed in a thick, soft skin. They are known only from the
Holocene.
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Analysis: Brittlestar micro lens discovery
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Analysis: Brittlestar micro lens discovery Host: LINDA...primitive sea creature called a brittlestar has developed a natural micro lens...joints that make up the arms of the brittlestar. And I finally thought, you know...
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Explorers Marvel At Brittlestar City.
Magazine article from: Space Daily; 5/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...captured the first images of a novel "Brittlestar City" established against daunting...four kilometers per hour. It allows Brittlestar City's underwater denizens to capture...Biologists aboard the Tangaroa believe Brittlestar City is the first dense aggregation...
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20/20 lenses coat body of sea creature.(brittlestar has microlens arrays on its arms)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Look closely enough at the arms of the brittlestar, a starfish relative, and you'd...crevices that they spy from a distance. Brittlestar species that don't sense light don...a light through the skeleton of the brittlestar Ophiocoma wendtii. She found that each...
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 "Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin)")
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All eyes are on the brittlestar. (Animal News).(starfish)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin); 11/16/2001; 401 words
; ...eyes is actually covered with eyes! The brittlestar (right) is a type of starfish. Its body is covered with tiny lenses. The brittlestar uses the lenses to direct light. That helps the brittlestar find its way through deep waters where there...
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Eye spy! (Life News).(how the brittlestar sees)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science World; 11/12/2001; 545 words
; ...studying a bizarre sea creature called the brittlestar, cousin to the starfish, have pondered...Finally they've found the answer: The brittlestar doesn't have eyes--it is an eye...backbone) was blind. Although the brittlestar seems to have crystal-clear vision...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Unity in diversity; Brittlestar eyes.(Brittlestars have complex eyes)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 8/25/2001; 700+ words
; ...has five arms and no head. It is Ophiocoma wendtii, a brittlestar. According to their paper in this week's Nature, this...in a collaborative network (which, given the layout of a brittlestar's nervous system, is possible), information from many...
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Brittlestar eyes: Key to future microlenses?(Bell Laboratories, optical lithography)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Solid State Technology; 10/1/2001; 681 words
; ...for birefringence and spherical aberration, and they hope to mimic nature's success and design microlenses based on the brittlestar model. Such lenses may prove useful in chip design, where they could possibly improve optical lithography techniques...
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Gizmorama: Life in the Tech Age, BRITTLESTAR GALACTICA.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 8/23/2001; 601 words
; ...grows its own corrective lens. The lens is grown of calcite and focuses light precisely at particular nerve bundles. The brittlestar changes color as an element of protection and is the only creature on Earth -- according to the scientific world -- that...
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The structure and mode of function of the water vascular system of a brittlestar, Ophioderma appressum.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; Introduction One of the most distinctive characteristics of echinoderms is their water vascular system - a unique arrangement of fluid-filled coelomic passages and associated parts. The general form of these structures in the different echinoderm classes has been summarized by Hyman (1955) and
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Sea creature's optical system has researchers starry-eyed
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Times Sunday, September 9, 2001 The brittlestar, a relative of the starfish, seems...a big eye. A new study shows that a brittlestar species called Ophiocoma wendtii has...its surroundings and escape harm. The brittlestar architecture is giving ideas to scientists...
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brittlestar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
brittlestar common name for echinoderms belonging to the class Ophiuroidea. The name is derived from their habit of breaking off arms as a...
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serpent star
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
serpent star see brittlestar .
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