#Biodiversity150 number 129 of 150 Brittle star

129/150: Brittle stars know how to get around!

Animalia: Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida: Ophiactidae: Ophiopholis: Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)

The daisy or crevice brittle star, Ophiopholis aculeata, is one of many species of brittle stars that live in Canadian waters. A circumpolar species, these echinoderms are recognizable by their long, thin arms, quite distinct from their central plate. Unlike other sea stars, brittle stars do not use their tube feet for locomotion, but instead use wriggling movements of their whole arms to move. Despite being a radially symmetrical animal, brittle star locomotion is much like a bilaterally symmetrical animal – choosing a lead arm and then using paired movements of their other arms (almost like rowing) to move themselves. These arms are connected to the central disc with a ball and socket type joint – much like our shoulders, giving brittle stars an incredible amount of flexibility! #Canada150 #Biodiversity150

Specimen HUNT0053 – St. Andrews, New Brunswick – 6-Aug-2008
A daisy star, photographed in a tidepool in New Hampshire. Photo Credit: Ken-ichi Ueda goo.gl/TFimJz
Specimen image of Ophiopholis aculeata taken in 1903 by Arnold, Augusta Foote. Photo Credit: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank goo.gl/U5qr2B

Here’s the barcode sequence information for this species:

Process ID: DSPEC124-07

nucleotide sequence

AACACTATACTTTATATTTGGTGCCTGAGCAGGTACAGTAGGGACTGCCATGAGAAAAATTATACGAGTTGAACTTTCTCAGCCAGGCTCTTTAATACAAGATGATCAAGTGTATAAAGTTATGGTAACGGCCCACGCCTTCGTGATGATATTTTTTATGGTAATGCCCATAATGATAGGGGGGTTTGGCAAATGACTTGTCCCACTAATGTTAGGAGCGCCTGATATGGCTTTCCCCCGAATGAAAAAAATGAGATTTTGGCTACTACCCCCAGCTTTTATACTTCTTCTAGCTTCAGCTGCAAACGAAGGAGGAGTAGGCACTGGATGAACTGTTTATCCCCCTTTGTCAGGCCCTACCGCACATGCAGGAGGCTGCGTAGACCTCGCAATTTTTTCTCTCCACCTAGCAGGTGCATCTTCAATTATGGCCTCAATAAAATTTATTACAACTATTATAAATATGCGTAGGCCCGGCATGACCATGGATCGACTTCCGCTTTTTGTTTGATCTATTTTCTTAACAACTATATTACTACTCCTTTCTCTGCCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACAATGCTACTAACTGATCGTAACATAAAAACAACGTTTTTTGATCCTACAGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATACTTTTCCAACATTTATTT

amino acid sequence

TLYFIFGAWAGTVGTAMSNIIRVELSQPGSLIQDDQVYNVMVTAHAFVMIFFMVMPIMIGGFGNWLVPLMLGAPDMAFPRMNNMSFWLLPPAFILLLASAANEGGVGTGWTVYPPLSGPTAHAGGCVDLAIFSLHLAGASSIMASINFITTIINMRSPGMTMDRLPLFVWSIFLTTILLLLSLPVLAGAITMLLTDRNINTTFFDPTGGGDPILFQHLF

Visual representation of DNA barcode sequence for Brittle sea star

Learn more about it’s BIN (Barcode Index Number): BOLD:AAA9003


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