
Australian Echinoderms: Biology, Ecology and Evolution
Published 03 April 2017
A comprehensive, illustrated resource for the identification, evolution and ecology of echinoderms.
Echinoderms, including feather stars, seastars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, are some of the most beautiful and interesting animals in the sea. They play an important ecological role and several species of sea urchins and sea cucumbers form the basis of important fisheries. Over 1000 species live in Australian waters, from the shoreline to the depths of the abyssal plain and the tropics to Antarctic waters.