Facts: The Feather Star

Quick facts about this free swimming and graceful Crinoid! The feather star (Crinoidea, Crinoid, feather starfish). Feather star facts!

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References and Helpful Links
https://www.australiangeographic.com....
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...
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Guide to Marine Life: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
By Marty Snyderman, Clay Wiseman

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By William I. Ausich - http://www.tolweb.org/Crinoidea/19232, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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By NOAA Photo Library - Flickr: expl5409, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Ria Tan from singapore - Red feather star (Himerometra robustipinna), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) - Own workCoast lines : U.S. NGDC World Coast Line ;Reference for the limits of the Indo-Pacific biogeographic region : Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583, available through the World Wildlife Fund's site, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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