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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Subterranean Biology |
| Online Access: | https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/152663/download/pdf/ |
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