Deep Sea Basket Star 

This YouTube short was produced by The Monterey Bay Aquarium. The staff and employees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium do not necessarily share the opinions expressed on BrantaMedia.Com.

You don’t have to twist our arms to have us share our love of the basket star! These deep-sea denizens are echinoderms, a group that includes sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and kin. The brilliant basket stars boast a compact body and long branching arms. This mesmerizing mass of twisting and turning limbs are expertly adept at ensnaring prey that drifts by in the currents.

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