🦋 Family
Gorgonocephalidae
Astrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816)
Astrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816)
Astrophyton muricatum, the giant basket star, is a large net-armed echinoderm found in warm western Atlantic shallow waters.
Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783)
Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783)
Astrocladus euryale is a filter-feeding brittle star with branching basket-like arms found on South African reefs from 10 to 90 m depth.
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis is a branched brittle star found in cold northern oceans, that often associates with sponges and soft corals.
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