Closeup of elegant yellow and orange feather star, Anneissia bennetti, attached to the sea bottom by by a group of hook-like anchors called cirris They attach to the sea floor not by a stalk, but by a group of hook-like anchors called cirri. The cirri are on the underside of the crinoid, while the mouth is on the upper side, hidden among the feathery arms.

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Closeup of juvenile orange feather star fish, with echinoderms, crinoid, attached to the sea bottom by a stalk with rootlike branches which hide the mouth

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Photo credit: © Pete Niesen / Alamy / Afripics
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