Featherstar Crinoidea in the Tropical Seas of Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia


The featherstar (class Crinoidea) A primitive marine invertebrate, which belongs to the group that includes the starfish. Its feathery and fragile arms are used to to catch and convey microscopic plankton to its mouth situated at the base of its arms.


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