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Gorgon head is one of the most famous Basket Star. Even though they are mostly deep-sea creature, some of them can be found in shallow water. That’s also why gorgon head is one of the most understood deep-sea creatures.

Gorgon Head feeding
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Timestamps
0:00 Opening Thought
0:28 General Information and Taxonomy
3:09 Morphology
4:39 Lifestyle
7:15 Evolutionary Mystery


References
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Ramirez-Moreno, F.J., Solis-Marin, F.A., & Laguarda-Figueras, A. (2021). Annotated checklist for the Gorgonocephalidae family (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the National Echinoderm Collection “Dra. Ma. E. Caso M.” of the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM. Rev. biol. trop 69(1): 287-303. https://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69is...

Goharimanesh, M., Ghassemzadeh, F., de Kegel, B., et al. (2022). The evolutionary relationship between arm vertebrae shape and ecological lifestyle in brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Journal of Anatomy, 240(6): 1034-1047. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13617

Rosenberg, R., Dupont, S., Lundälv, T. et al. (2005). Biology of the basket star Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (L.). Marine Biology 148: 43–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-00...

Patent, D. H. (1970). Life history of the basket star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel) (echinodermata; ophiuroidea). Ophelia, 8(1): 145–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1970...

Hamel, J.F. & Mercier, A. (1993). Behavioural Response of Northern Basket Star Gorgonocephalus arcticus to Mechanical Stimulations. Vie et Milleu, 43(4): 197-203.

Thuy, B. & Stöhr, S. (2018). Unravelling the origin of the basket stars and their allies (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida). Scientific Reports, 8: 8493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26...


Outro
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