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Arm regeneration in the field in Ophiocoma echinata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): effects on body composition and its potential role in a reef food web

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Eighteen percent and 47% of two populations of Ophiocoma echinata in the Florida Keys were undergoing regeneration. An individual would take approximately 720 days to completely regenerate three arms. Regeneration of three arms had a greater effect on gonad production in females than in males, and reduced storage material in the stomach of both. Regeneration in O. echinata was estimated to be 0.07 kJ m–2 day–1, which could provide the equivalent of 0.07% of primary production on a reef to higher trophic levels per day.

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Pomory, .C., Lawrence, .J. Arm regeneration in the field in Ophiocoma echinata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): effects on body composition and its potential role in a reef food web. Marine Biology 139, 661–670 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270100599

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