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brittle star
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brittle star [¦brid·əl ′stär]
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for all members of the echinoderm class Ophiuroidea.


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They recorded numerous species including lobsters, many types of crab, squat lobsters, northern prawns, little cuttle, sea slugs, urchins, common starfish, brittle stars, colourful anemones and various fish including plaice, bib and the ferocious sounding but harmless long-spined sea-scorpions.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During an expedition to the shelf edge of the Great Barrier Reef, scientists captured the first images of the life associated with rolling undersea dunes and discovered a large community of aggregated brittle stars that have spectacular luminescent behaviour.
Some animals like brittle stars are quite fragile--handle with care.
 
 
 
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