Amphicutis stygobita (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Amphilepididae), a brooding brittle star from anchialine caves in The Bahamas: feeding, reproduction, morphology, paedomorphisms and troglomorphisms

Amphicutis stygobita Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011 was the world’s first known cave brittle star. It has been found only in two anchialine caves: Bernier Cave (type locality and current study area) and Lighthouse Cave on San Salvador Island, The Bahamas. Bernier Cave’s low salinity (1...

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Main Author: Jerry H. Carpenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2025-05-01
Series:Subterranean Biology
Online Access:https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/152663/download/pdf/
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