brittle star in English
noun
1
an echinoderm related to the starfish, with long, thin, flexible arms radiating from a small central disk.
But the flowers are not flowers at all, they are crinoids, animals whose closest relatives include the starfish, brittlestars , sea urchins and sea cucumbers - the echinoderms.
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1. The “Seeing” Skeleton of the Brittle Star
2. It's got a brittle star hitching a ride.
3. Did the “seeing” skeleton of the brittle star come about by evolution?
4. At night (bottom), the brittle star uncovers the lenses, made of calcite crystals.