Abstract
1. 1. Collagen fibrils were isolated and purified from the body wall tissue of the starfish, Asterias amurensis. 2. 2. The fibrils were elongated spindle-shaped and heterogeneous in size. They were similar in shape, while different in size and chemical composition, to sea cucumber fibrils (obtained from Stichopus japonicus). 3. 3. Variety in the properties of body wall tissue among echinodermal animals presumably depends on variety in the properties of the constituent collagen fibrils.
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