Klunzinger's feather star (Lamprometra klunzingeri)

Klunzinger's feather star (Lamprometra klunzingeri)

Category Echinoderms
Maximum length 30 cm
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Mariametridae
Genus Lamprometra
Shoot place Ras Um Sid Bay
Shoot date 2022-10-25

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   The coloration is usually dark: black or dark brown (sometimes with lighter areas). There are 20–40 long, highly branched rays. The rays are flexible, curved, soft, densely covered with short "feathers," forming a voluminous "fan" or sphere. The central disk is small, almost invisible. On the underside are short cirri (hooked "legs") for anchoring to the substrate.

 

 

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