#basketstar

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺animalculum@scholar.social
2024-01-13

Arms of the Abyss deepseanews.com/2024/01/arms-o

"#BasketStars, so named for the dizzying and multi-branching nature of their convoluted arms, often perch atop #coral or rocky formations. From this high mount, the #BasketStar can extends its arms in faster moving waters away from the seafloor to ensnare drifting #zooplankton for food. Its arms, equipped with tiny hooks and sticky mucus, capture prey that gets passed to its central mouth."

#DeepSea #Echinoderms #Animals #Invertebrates #Biodiversity

photo of a basket star - a deep sea echinoderm animal similar to sea stars and brittle stars
2023-12-22

Basket stars, relatives of the starfish, can reproduce asexually by simply ripping themselves in half.

#science #sciencefacts #basketstar #asexualreproduction

Shantell PowellShanmonster@c.im
2023-02-18

Closeup of a basket star, aka gorgonocephalus. #WetSpecimens #Starfiah #BasketStar #Gorgonocephus #SeaLife #SeaCreatures

Extremely ornate legs curling around one another, like a fractal out of control. Body looks like a sea urchin, and legs look like twisted up roots entangled in one another. Each leg branches off and is ridged.

basket star off the coast of singapore...

#basketstar #singapore #animatedgif

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