Inferring the developmental basis of the sea star abnormality "double ambulacral groove" (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) Inferencia sobre la base de desarrollo en estrellas de mar de la anormalidad "doble surco ambulacral" (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)
Very rarely a ray of a sea star is unusually wide and has two parallel ambulacral grooves that extend to a single tip. Such a ray has two terminal plates that are coalesced laterally. This abnormality is inferred to develop as a rare result of regeneration because it is recorded from a species with...
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Language: | English |
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2000-12-01
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Series: | Revista Chilena de Historia Natural |
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