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Are Basket Stars, Sea Stars?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Hariana Chilstrom, Interpretation Supervisor

The basket star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis, is basically a fancy brittle star. After attaching to a rock or other firm substrate, an adult basket star will spread its five intricately branched arms into the water to catch tiny zooplankton (crustaceans, arrow more ยป

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