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- Code Number:
- AAOV01P05_16
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Basket Stars, (Gorgonocephalus arcticus), Ophiuroidea, Phrynophiurida, Gorgonocephalidae
- 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)
- Keywords:
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Echinodermata, Echinoderm, Invertebrates, Eukarya, Animalia, Eumetazoa, Deuterostoma, Animal, marine, Sealife, Fauna, species, sea creature, biological
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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- Code Number:
- AAOV01P05_16
- Title:
-
Basket Stars, (Gorgonocephalus arcticus), Ophiuroidea, Phrynophiurida, Gorgonocephalidae
- 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)
- Keywords:
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Echinodermata, Echinoderm, Invertebrates, Eukarya, Animalia, Eumetazoa, Deuterostoma, Animal, marine, Sealife, Fauna, species, sea creature, biological
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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