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pl23_expn5079.jpg

A brown feather star crinoid? a brown starfish? This animal has only nine armswhereas most crinoids have multiples of five and ten for their arms

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Description

A brown feather star crinoid? a brown starfish? This animal has only nine armswhereas most crinoids have multiples of five and ten for their arms. See imageexpn5073 for a view of a similar nine-armed animal.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150918T011431Z

Location

Johnston Atoll area, Southeast

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2015 Hohonu Moana