This project has now finished. Thank-you to all who took part. What makes a starfish blue? (or yellow, or grey or…?) The iconic sea star Linckia laevigata is the ‘poster child’ for tropical reefs in ...

The evolutionary history of colour and vision has been closely intertwined over the last 500 million years, leading to a dazzling diversity of colours and visual systems in marine invertebrates.

Object Details Collector F. Stearns Ocean/Sea/Gulf North Pacific Ocean Record Last Modified 16 Aug 2023 Specimen Count 2 Collection Date 1892 USNM Number 39937 Preparation Dry Place Ryukyu Islands, ...

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