Basket star
The Euryalida are an order of brittle stars, which includes large species with either branching arms (called "basket stars") or long and curling arms (called "snake stars").
| Basketstars | |
|---|---|
| Astroboa nuda basket star feeding at night in the Red Sea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Phrynophiurida |
| Suborder: | Euryalina Lamarck, 1816 |
| Families | |
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Asteronychidae | |
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