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Wim van Egmond
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Location: Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands
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 Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: echinoderm larvae part 2 - Starfish larva |
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There are several stages. the bands you see are ciliated, used for locomotion. The V staped form in teh center is part of the mouth opening. The sphere under it is the gut. These larvae feed on small plankton organisms.
This was a pre Helicon stack from 4 or 5 slides.
Wim
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beetleman
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Location: Southern New Hampshire USA
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Does not look anything like a starfish. What a dramatic change. Excellent Picture Wim 
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Ken Ramos
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Must agree with Doug. Looks more like the carapace of some insect, a unique photograph though. I Googled "Brittle Star" since I have never seen one to get an idea of what you were presenting Wim. They are pretty colorful and neat looking starfish.  |
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