feather star

noun

feather star

any free-swimming crinoid echinoderm of the genus Antedon and related genera, living on muddy sea bottoms and having ten feathery arms radiating from a small central disc

First recorded in 1860–65

The rosy feather-star lives in rather deep water, from which it is sometimes brought up by means of the dredge.

Other movements of the feather star are equally interesting.

So also does the beautiful rosy feather-star, but with certain modifications too interesting to be passed over.

Now look at this one; the Feather-star, with arms almost like fern-fronds.

The Feather-star, so called in allusion to its tress-like arms.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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