Our animals

Amphioxus belong to the group of cephalochordates, the most basal group of chordates. They are small marine animals, only a few centimeters long, that resemble tiny fish in appearance. They...

Echinoderms include well-known animals like starfish and sea urchins, as well as lesser-known organisms such as sea lilies (crinoids), sea cucumbers, and brittle stars. Like all the animals studied in...

Ascidians are exclusively marine animals that belong to the group of tunicates. Despite their particular external appearance, which makes them hard to recognize as animals to an untrained eye, tunicates...