basket star

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basket star (plural basket stars)

  1. 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.
    • 2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 215:
      Basket star, Astroboa sp. feeding on zooplankton at night in the Solomon Islands.
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