Chemical Composition and Microstructural Morphology of Spines and Tests of Three Common Sea Urchins Species of the Sublittoral Zone of the Mediterranean Sea

Chemical Composition and Microstructural Morphology of Spines and Tests of Three Common Sea Urchins Species of the Sublittoral Zone of the Mediterranean Sea

In the Mediterranean Sea, the species <i>Arbacia lixula</i>, <i>Paracentrotus lividus</i> and <i>Sphaerechinus granularis</i> often coexist, occupying different subareas of the same habitat. The mechanical and chemical properties of their calcitic skeletons are af...

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Main Authors: Anastasios Varkoulis, Konstantinos Voulgaris, Stefanos Zaoutsos, Antonios Stratakis, Dimitrios Vafidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
sea urchins
Mediterranean Sea
ultrastructure
powder X-ray diffraction
structural morphology
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/8/1351

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