basket star

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basket star

noun basket stars

Any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida. Basket star, Astroboa sp. feeding on zooplankton at night in the Solomon Islands.

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@misc{basket_star_2026,
  title = {basket star},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/basket%20star},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}