Scandinavian brittle stars
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Pictures of brittle stars from the Swedish west coast
Some Scandinavian brittle stars photographed with a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
The beauty of the calcareous plates and spines of the ophiuroid (brittle star) skeleton unfolds in the scanning electron microscope, revealing an amazing diversity of shapes and structures between species.
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