Starfish : biology and ecology of the Asteroidea /
"Among the most fascinating animals in the world's oceans are the more than 2,000 species of starfish. Called "Asteroids" by scientists who study them (after their taxonomic name, Asteroidea)--or sea stars in some parts of the world--starfish are easily recognized because of thei...
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Comparative biology and ecology. Phylogeny of the asteroidea / Andrew S. Gale ; The asteroid arm / John M. Lawrence ; Functional biology of asteroid tube feet / Elise Hennebert, Michel Jangoux, and Patrick Flammang ; Reproduction in asteroidea / Annie Mercier and Jean-Francois Hamel ; Asteroid evolutionary developmental biology and ecology / Marie Byrne ; Larval ecology, settlement and recruitment of asteroids / Anna Metaxas ; Ecological role of sea stars from populations to meta-ecosystems / Bruce A. Menge and Eric Sanford ; Chemistry and ecological role of starfish secondary metabolites / James B. McClintock, Charles D. Amsler, and Bill J. Baker ; Steroids in asteroidea / Stephan A. Watts and Kristina M. Wasson.
- Part 2: Integrative biology. Astropecten / Carlos Renato R. Ventura ; Luidia / John M. Lawrence ; Odontaster validus / John S. Pearse ; Acanthaster planci / Katharina Fabricius ; Oreaster reticulatus / Robert E. Scheibling ; Heliaster helianthus / Juan Carlos Castilla, Sergio A. Navarrete, Tatiana Manzur and Mario Barahona ; Pisaster ochraceus / Carlos Robles ; Asterias amurensis / Maria Byrne, Timothy D. O'Hara, and John M. Lawrence ; Leptasterias polaris / Carlos F. Gaymer and John H. Himmelman ; Coscinasterias / Michael F. Barker ; Echinaster / Richard L. Turner.