#ophiurida

[animalids]

Long-rayed brittle star (Amphiodia occidentalis)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[thinkingimages]

Splendeurs Marines par Gustave Charbonnier

Figures de ballet de deux ophiures, de l’espèce ophiotrix fragiles, proches parentes des étoiles de mer, au disque brillamment coloré d’où partent cinq longs bras êpineaux, graciles, annelésde vert, de rouge, de jaune.

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle via laurie.dall.ava

[softestsignal]

More mons! This one is Drrittle, who’s based on a brittle star... and perhaps, just maybe, inspired by a certain story? Who knows...

It involves into BASKUORUZO,  a BASKET STAR (AKA a brittle star with ridiculous and eldritch-looking branching tentacles) who’s coiling limbs, used to catch prey, may possibly have struck me as reminiscent of another story, perhaps one by the same author......?

anyways yay echinoderms it’s dark/water

now if this spooky pokemon were in some kind of region, u would only b able to catch them in the deep sea areas, likely via diving... couldn’t catch these guys with an old rod, ohoho no!!!!

[aticketplz]

なんらかのダイオウウニになんらかのクモヒトデがついていました。

@沼津港深海水族館

[ahaikuaday]

In enduring realms of sky above and the sea below, brittle stars. (6-12-12)

[libutron]

Ophiothrix savignyi by Alexander Semenov on Flickr.

Brittle star (Echinodermata, Ophiurida)

[namakos]

Ophiomyxa australis / キヌハダクモヒトデ

Ophiomyxa australis

Ophiomyxa australis

キヌハダクモヒトデ

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae 動物界 棘皮動物門 クモヒトデ綱 クモヒトデ目 キヌハダクモヒトデ科 The photo taken at Tokyo Sea Life Park, Japan

[namakos]

Ophiarachnella gorgonia / トウメクモヒトデ

Ophiarachnella gorgonia

In Japanese, this brittle star has a name which means "ten eyes brittle star" because it has two tiny round marks at the base of each arm.

それぞれの腕の付け根に2個の小さな丸印があるからトウメクモヒトデ。

Classification Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae 動物界 棘皮動物門 クモヒトデ綱 クモヒトデ目 アワハダクモヒトデ科 Photo taken at Toba Aquarium, Japan