Instead, the little white spots belong to members of sea stars — and newly discovered species. Three species of wood-associated sea stars were found thousands of feet below the surface by remote ...

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Sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers are all members of the phylum Echinodermata. Echinoderm means “spiny skin” in Greek. Echinoderms are found in ocean ecosystems worldwide ...