#bennett's feather star

[boiga]

Bennett’s feather star (Oxycomanthus bennetti) in the Raja Ampat islands, New Guinea, Indonesia

by Pam and Bill

[namakos]

Bennett's feather star / リュウキュウウミシダ

Oxycomanthus bennetti

Bennett's feather star

リュウキュウウミシダ

Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Comatulida Comasteridae 動物界 棘皮動物門 ウミユリ綱 ウミシダ目 クシウミシダ科 The photo taken at Sun Asia Ocean World, Dalian, China.

[namakos]

Bennett's feather star / リュウキュウウミシダ

Oxycomanthus bennetti

Oxycomanthus bennetti is a species of feather star common in Okinawa.

リュウキュウウミシダは沖縄では一般的に見られるウミシダ。

Classification Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Comatulida Comasteridae 動物界 棘皮動物門 ウミユリ綱 ウミシダ目 クシウミシダ科 Photo taken at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

[astronomy-to-zoology]

Bennett's Feather Star (Oxycomanthus bennetti)

is a species of crinoid (a class of  filter feeding echinoderms) native to the warm waters of the Indo-West Pacific. Like most feather stars this species bores into exposed coral heads where it uses its many arms with small finger like appendages called cirri to filter the water to and trap food. They vary in color from yellow/brown and purple.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Echinodermata-Crinoidea-Articulata-Comatulida-Comasteridae-Oxycomanthus-bennetti

Image Sources: 1,2