🦋 Family

Gorgonocephalidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Ophiuroidea › Euryalida › Gorgonocephalidae

Astrophyton muricatum, the giant basket star, is a large net-armed echinoderm found in warm western Atlantic shallow waters.

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 is a branched brittle star found in cold northern oceans, that often associates with sponges and soft corals.

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