Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- PART I: COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY AND ECOL OGY -- 1 Phylogeny of the Asteroidea -- 2 The Asteroid Arm -- 3 Functional Biology of Asteroid Tube Feet -- 4 Reproduction in Asteroidea -- 5 Asteroid Evolutionary Developmental Biology and Ecol ogy -- 6 Larval Ecol ogy, Settlement, and Recruitment of Asteroids -- 7 Ecological Role of Sea Stars from Populations to Meta-ecosystems -- 8 Chemistry and Ecological Role of Starfish Secondary Metabolites -- 9 Steroids in Asteroidea -- PART II: INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY -- 10 Astropecten -- 11 Luidia -- 12 Odontaster validus -- 13 Acanthaster planci -- 14 Oreaster reticulatus -- 15 Heliaster helianthus -- 16 Pisaster ochraceus -- 17 Asterias amurensis -- 18 Leptasterias polaris -- 19 Coscinasterias -- 20 Echinaster -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.