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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Elegant feather star


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section of this article is incredibly minimal with only a single sentence that states the species and family. There are only a couple of images, but they clearly show the featured organism. The ecology section is brief and lacks any flow in a style similar to having bullet points, however the information is all neutral and unbiased. There are citations, but only two.


 * Sources
 * There seems to be minimal sources available on this species, one additonal one I found not cited in the article is First Report of Feather Star TropiometraCarinata (Lamark, 1816) T Andaman And Nicobar Islands.
 * Nigam, N. K., & Raghunathan, C. (2015). First report of feather star Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816) to Andaman and Nicobar islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 115(4), 357-360.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Emerita talpoida


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section of this article presents the name and range of the species, but lacks any other information. The next section about their range is rather redundant with the only real addition being the addition of the term "swash zone" which while linked to another page, could benefit from an inclusion of the definition in such a minimal article. I found that the article about the genus titled Emerita had more information, although further research would be necessary to determine what portions of it is applicable to this specific species. Finally, additional and higher quality pictures would be an improvement as there are only two, one drawing and one black and white photograph.


 * Sources
 * This article cites more citations than the previous two, with a total of seven references being listed, however the article itself has less substance the the previous ones.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Engina mendicaria


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is short and undetailed overall. The lead section is a single sentence that just lists the species scientific and common names with some basic taxonomy which is already listed under the scientific classification section. The article is lacking a lot of key ecological information, for example there is no description of the animal's diet or feeding strategy. The two pictures in the aritcle both feature only empty shells, the article would benefit from additional pictures with more phenotypic traits demonstrated.


 * Sources
 * While there are four sources in the references section, there is only one in-text citation at the very start of the article with none following information stated in the rest of the article.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Halichondria agglomerans


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has nearly non-existant information on this species. The lead section is the only section and is only one sentence that just states what the species is and what family it is from.


 * Sources
 * While there are four sources, they are all used for the single sentence in the article.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Macrotritopus defilippi


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has the most substance out of the five I looked at. Each section is well written, with plenty of cited information. The behaviour section especially has lot of detail and has a good overall flow when reading it. I would say that the weakest point in the article is the lack of pictures with only a single one being used, it would definitely benefit from at least one picture per section.


 * Sources
 * There are four sources cited for this article. One of the strengths of this article is that there are numerous in-text citations.