How Striations of Ophiuroid and Asteroid Trace Fossils were Produced—Observations of Tube-Feet Movement in Living Ophiuroids and Asteroids
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DOI: 10.2517/2016pr003
Abstract: Abstract. To clarify the process of producing the striations in the trace fossil Asteriacites, we observed the behavior of living ophiuroids and asteroids in aquariums. When ophiuroids stopped crawling, they buried themselves shallowly in the… read more here.
Keywords: living ophiuroids; movement; tube feet; ophiuroids asteroids ... See more keywords