General Echinoderm Information and Photos
Absolutely Spectacular Photos!!!
Truly the most beautiful photos I have seen of these beautiful animals!
More Nice Photos of Echinoderms!
Good site for photos of all taxa!
There are some really beautiful photos here, for a variety of different phyla!
Dr. Messing's Comatulid Crinoid Page
Beware-this is for the truly dedicated! But for those who dare, it is worth the risk!
Research interests of Dr. Stancyk and his students.
Research of Dr. Smirnov
Research interests of Dr. Christensen.
Research interests of Dr. Mladenov.
Mattias Skold: Amphiura filiformis Research
Structure of benthic communities, population dynamics and predator/prey interactions.
Research interests of Dr. Smith include molecular phylogenetics of echinoderms.
Very nice research presentation also features a number of Scanning Electron Micrographs of Amphipholis squamata.
USNM Department of Invertebrate Zoology
The inner workings and research in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at the USNM. For echinoderms, this is probably the greatest collection in the world.
Predatory investigation.
Sediment toxicity.
Great echinoderm website for information of all kinds!
Crinoids: The State Fossil of Iowa?
Students fight for the crinoid for state fossil! Give them your support!
Excellent Echinoid and Crinoid Information
Echinoderms of the Woods Hole Region
Key to the local species.
Nice pictures of some bathyal and abyssal echinoderms. If you are good at identifications, there are some to id!
Photos of local species.
Nice pictures of some of the local echinoderm fauna.
List of the local species
Here is a site with some of the brittlestars and seastars found in Australia with photos!
Dr. Carnevali's Research: 1982-present
Spectacular Ophiopluteus series!
This site shows some outstanding pluteus images in great detail, and also early juvenile stages.
This is a fabulous site to look through, and features beautiful microscopy. Echinoderm larvae are near the bottom of the page.
Jan Parmentier's Sea Star Development
Very nice sea star development information and photos.
Robert Weintraub Program in Systematics
Home page of the program based at George Washington University where I attend. This graduate program encourages the utilization of the resources of the U.S. National Museum of Natural History.
A database listing taxonomists around the world and their speciality.
Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON)
A brilliant site, and a work of extreme dedication! The site has "Biographies of Taxonomists working with Marine organisms & some of their presumed Friends." It provides information about various people who have had marine animals named after them. So next time you ponder why Ophiomusium lymani was named after Lyman, or just want some fun reading about taxonomists, check out this site!!! One of my favorites.
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Ophiuroids | Echinoderms | Development | Citation Lists | Research and Researchers
Echinoderm Paleontology | Faunal Surveys and Regional Keys | Aquarium Information
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Also see "Research and Researchers" below
Ophiuroids and Echinoderms at LA County Museum
Information about the collection at the LA County Museum and research interests of Dr. Gordon Hendler, a brittle star researcher.
Tiffany's Brittle Star Home Page
Another big fan of this great group! Tiffany works on Ophiophragmus filograneus.
How about brittle star research this summer??
Some of the research carried out at the LA County Museum during their summer research program.
Striped Brittlestar (with photo of Ophionereis dubia)
This brittlestar is found in the Pacific, and is described along with some brief ophiuroid information. This site is about the marine fauna of South Africa
Photo and brief information on ophiuroids.
Beautiful photo from underwater photographer M. Benjamin Cowan of Ocean Images
Bioluminescence Research
Review the research of Samuel DuPont and Yannick Dewael as featured on the 'Tabloids' page.
NEW!! See the online presentation of Samuel DuPont on Amphipholis squamata
The Newsletter is compiled yearly by Cynthia Ahearn at the USNM. The Virtual Echinoderm Newsletter is a site that lists contact information, current research, keywords, dissertations, publications, and papers presented at meetings contributed by over 800 echinoderm researchers worldwide. There is also a section ("Ailsa's Section") that contains information that would be of interest to a general audience!
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Echinoderms on the Tree of Life
Echinoderm pages on the Tree of Life project.
Great echinoderm website for information of all kinds!
The California Academy of Sciences Echinoderm Page.
From the people who bring you the invaluable Zoological Record, here is a great page for links on many groups, as well as nomenclatural information. Updated regularly!
This is an excellent source site for all sorts of general echinoderm information. Also has a self test (for the really interested!)
General Echinoderm Information
General Echinoderm Information
Both sites above provide very good general information on echinoderms!
Great urchin site with lots of links to labs working on them. Also some Aquaculture links.
Functional Biology of Echinoderms
Great information from the labs at the University of Milan.
Good place to find more echinoderm links.
Chris Logan's Echinoderm Page!
This is a good page for echinoderm facts!
From Students at the Gander Academy
Look at student projects and information.
Great Observations By Some Great Kids!
Some wonderful drawings and descriptions from some future scientists!
Synapomorphies of the Echinodermata
A nice page with some of the synapomorphies ('unique features') of the Echinodermata, as well as some of the plesiomorphies (shared 'primitive' features).
Echinoderms-The Spiny Animals!
From the Oceanic Research Group, a good page on general echinoderm information.