Astroboa nuda
Species of brittle star / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Astroboa nuda, the naked basket star or the giant basket star,[1][2][3][4] is a type of basket star from Gorgonocephalidae family. [5] [6] Its large arms (up to 1.0 metre (3.3 ft) wide) are highly branched. It inhabits reef slopes exposed to current throughout the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea to New Caledonia. During the day it coils into a tight ball. At night it spreads arms to form a basket to feed on plankton. [7] They are part of the class Ophiuroidea, which is the largest class of echinoderms. The name Ophiuroidea comes from the roots, ophis, meaning snake and oura, which means tail, referring to the thin, spiraling shape of the basket stars’ arms.[8]
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Astroboa nuda | |
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Astroboa nuda feeding at night (Red Sea, Egypt) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Ophiuroidea |
Order: | Phrynophiurida |
Family: | Gorgonocephalidae |
Genus: | Astroboa |
Species: | A. nuda |
Binomial name | |
Astroboa nuda Lyman, 1874 | |
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