Even though this looks like some kind of underwater shrub, Basket Stars are in fact carnivorous animals with five branching arms that extend and form a net to capture prey. This amazing animal lives in cold waters from the North Atlantic to Siberia. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Phrynophiurida Suborder: Euryalina Family: Gorgonocephalidae Genus: Gorgonocephalus Species: Gorgonocephalus arcticus (Leach, 1819)
Even though this looks like some kind of underwater shrub, Basket Stars are in fact carnivorous animals with five branching arms that extend and form a net to capture prey. This amazing animal lives in cold waters from the North Atlantic to Siberia. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Phrynophiurida Suborder: Euryalina Family: Gorgonocephalidae Genus: Gorgonocephalus Species: Gorgonocephalus arcticus (Leach, 1819)
