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A yellow and white feather star crinoid on a yellow octocoralbush with a large pinkish orange brittle star

Description

A yellow and white feather star crinoid on a yellow octocoralbush with a large pinkish orange brittle star. Perhaps an artifact of theaspect of the photo, but this feather star seem to have one abnormallylarge arm that extending towards the lower left corner of the image.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150922T010159Z

Location

Pacific Ocean, ESE of Johnston Atoll, Lone Cone

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana