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
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Sponges and Other Minor Phyla
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By Ria Tan from singapore - Red feather star (Himerometra robustipinna), CC BY-SA 2.0, 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, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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Everybody gangsta till this brushes your leg

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Y broo??

[@whoami8434]

They look like the bridge between animals and plants. I’m no biologist, but they sure do look fascinating.

[@dancingnature]

The relationship bridge between animals and plants was actually unicellular but I know what you mean😊

[@dancingnature]

These are animals.

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You would absolute be in delight to know about the solar powered seaslugs then lol..

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When the plants start swimming‼️

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Thank you for all of your videos. They are fascinating

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[@EriannyNoely]

We talk about aliens out in the skies but why haven’t we try to communicate with these creatures? Lol We have so much to comprehend. I love Earth

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right? some people wasting so much resources on things outside Earth when it's so beautiful here. corporations should just be regulated more so pollution and warming don't get worse

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[@domlorayna]

BE NOT AFRAID

[@hiram64]

Biblically accurate fish

[@apdroidgeek1737]

1:28 is actually a feather duster worm, completely different animal though they are filtering feeders like feather star, feather dusters however are a type of tube worms, theyre related to earthworms.

[@DeepMarineScenes]

Good eye! The videographer mislabeled the clip.

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i’m ready to get quizzed on ocean facts

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Wooow lv ur videos

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Expecially

[@joss_ananascocos]

Feather stars are very flimsy

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How do I permanently delete a species

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Climate change. 👍

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Convince people that they can make medicine with it

[@vedantthakar4788]

Very boring

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ok

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nah