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Tag: echinoderms

Echinoderms: My Favorite Spiny-skinned Creatures

Beyond our excursions to the mangroves, our mangrove animal show-and-tell stands out as one of the most beloved activities in both our Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) and the Bahamas Awareness in Mangroves (B.A.M.) programs. Despite the rich diversity of marine life

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Amy Heemsoth March 5, 2024

Killer Starfish

One of the most unusual group of animals found on the reef are the echinoderms.  So named because of their “spiny skin”, these animals are pentamerous or radially symmetrical (five point). Found only in the sea, they include sea urchins,

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Andrew Bruckner, PhD June 23, 2013