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Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems pp 41–45Cite as

Morphological Evidence of Coherent Organic Material within the Stereom of Postmetamorphic Echinoderms

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The occurrence of a coherent organic material within the mineral phase (i.e. the stereom) of the skeleton of postmetamorphic echinoderms is demonstrated in both light and scanning electron microscopies. This material is structured in concentric laminae bridged by radial threads. IC most probably introduces extensive discontinuities in the crystalline network of the high-magnesium calcite which forms the skeleton. Consequently, echinoderm ossicles should presumably be true polycrystalline aggregates.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie marine (CP 160), Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

    Shoichi Suga (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Oral Anatomy, Meikai Univesity School of Dentistry, Sakado, Saitama, 350-02, Japan

    Hiroshi Nakahara (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Dubois, P. (1991). Morphological Evidence of Coherent Organic Material within the Stereom of Postmetamorphic Echinoderms. In: Suga, S., Nakahara, H. (eds) Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68132-8_7

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