Crinoid. Close-up of the central disc of a featherstar. Crinoids, or featherstars, feed by filtering food particles from the water using their feather

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Crinoid. Close-up of the central disc of a featherstar. Crinoids, or featherstars, feed by filtering food particles from the water using their feathery arms, the hairs of which pass food to a central mouth. They inhabit shallow and deep waters across the world's oceans. Photographed in the waters off Komodo National Park, Komodo, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © MATTHEW OLDFIELD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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