Fig. 1. Early development of the starfish, Asterina pectinifera at T = 295 K. Mature eggs were fertilized at t = 0 hr. 87 synchronously cleaving eggs were loaded with 0.2 mL ASW in a 3.5 mL ampoule. 7 peaks due to the 5th – 11th cleavages were observe from t = 4 hr to 12 hr, while the peak at t = 3.5 hr is instrumental. Thermal dissipation was indicated as the value per embryo. An S-shape increase in the vicinity of t = 6 hr was identified to the mid-blastula transition.