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Brittle stars are known for the high flexibility of their arms, a characteristic required for locomotion, food grasping, and for holding onto a great diversity of substrates. Their high agility is facilitated by the numerous discrete skeletal elements (ossicles) running through the center of each arm and embedded in the skin. While much has been learned regarding the structural diversity of these ossicles, which are important characters for taxonomic purposes, their impact on the arms' range of motion, by contrast, is poorly understood. In the present study
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