brittle star

Several brittle stars were associated with it in this habitat.

They are then straightened as the brittle star raises itself onto the points.

Over 60 species of brittle stars are known to be bioluminescent.

Brittle stars are sea creatures with five limbs and no brain.

Losing a limb rather than its life is beneficial to the brittle star.

I never saw a brittle star until I started night diving.

The central disk of brittle stars can be three to eight inches in diameter.

His areas of research include luminescence in brittle stars and sharks.

Many brittle stars are more fragile than starfish, which is how they got their name.

Some sea floor communities are dominated by brittle stars.

It includes the vast majority of living brittle stars.

These brittle stars often seem to have broken or partly regenerated arms.

The common brittle star is a scavenger, feeding on dead organisms.

This brittle star hosts at least two species of ectoparasites.

The inside of the sponge is hollow and often contains small brittle stars.

A large brittle star with long banded arms which lives in crevices.

Brittle stars live in areas from the low-tide level downwards.

A brittle star's skeleton is made up of embedded ossicles.

Brittle stars will eat small suspended organisms if available.

Brittle stars have a central disc like body with 5 arms coming out of the disc.

Delicate brittle stars, and crinoids round out this weeks specimens.

It is a fast-growing brittle star and is not thought to live for more than three years.

Unlike many other brittle stars, it uses its tube feet in locomotion.

This fish is known to eat brittle stars.

The time period between successive divisions is 89 days, so theoretically, each brittle star can produce 15 new individuals during the course of a year.