Evo‐devo in the ophiuroid family Ophiocomidae

M Byrne, P Cisternas, T O'Hara… - Invertebrate …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Ophiuroidea, the most diverse echinoderm class, exhibits an array of life history patterns
and larval forms, the evolution of which is poorly understood. With a robust phylogeny …

Evo-Devo in Ophiuroids: The Switch from Planktotrophy to Lecithotrophy in Ophionereis

P Selvakumaraswamy, M Byrne - The Biological Bulletin, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Understanding the evolution of development (evo-devo) in the Ophiuroidea and the
pathways in the switch from a feeding to a nonfeeding larva is complicated by the variability …

Evolution of Developmental Pattern and Larval Form in the Ophiuroids of Oregon and Beyond

N Nakata - 2024 - scholarsbank.uoregon.edu
Despite the ubiquity and known impacts of transitions in developmental pattern in marine
invertebrates, many taxa have been insufficiently analyzed. In Chapter II, I report the effects …