Study: Rare deep-sea starfish stuck in juvenile body plan

Monday, May 2, 2011 - 11:20 in Biology & Nature

A team of scientists has combined embryological observations, genetic sequencing, and supercomputing to determine that a group of small disk-shaped animals that were once thought to represent a new class of animals are actually starfish that have lost the large star-shaped, adult body from their life cycle.

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