#comatulida

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Have you seen the Antarctic strawberry feather star (Promachocrinus fragarius)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onJul 10, 2025

[rattyexplores]

Washed up Echinoderm, currently identified as a sea lilly.

13/09/23 - Comasterini sp.

QLD:CQC - Woppa (Great Keppel Island), ocean shore

[snototter]

Feather star (Comaster multifidus)

by Bernard Dupont

[animalids]

Feather star (Comatulida)

Photo by Loh Kok Sheng

[snototter]

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

by Pam and Bill

[animalids]

Feather star (Himerometra robustipinna)

Photo by Monique Granier

[der-reisende-lammergeier]

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What in the fucking hell of fuck

[marinelitter]

Crinoids, sea star, snails and a bony fish surrounding and living in a ghost nets,  recorded in 2012 Off Ozuchi, in Japan, at 493 m depth.

Derelict fishing gear, sometimes referred to as “ghost gear” or “ghost nets” is any discarded, lost, or abandoned, fishing gear in the environment. This gear continues to fish and trap animals, entangle and potentially kill marine life, smother habitat, and act as a hazard to navigation. 

Derelict fishing gear, such as nets or traps and pots, is one of the main types of debris impacting the marine environment today.

video: ID HPD1384C1HDB2026_01494500_01511400/ JAMSTEC