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Ophiuroidea
Basket Stars, Brittle Stars
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| ophiuroid | 2,000 species of "snakelike" stars that make up the largest echinoderm class |
| habitat | primarily on the sea bottom, often beneath stones or in crevices or holes of corral reefs |
| long, narrow arms | distinguishing characteristic, allows them to move very quickly |
| tangle of snakes | the appearance of the basket star's arms |
| break easily | brittle star arms |
| feeding | by raking in food with their arms |
| foraging | by gathering food froom the ocean bottom with their feet |
| "fishing" | by trapping suspended particles with their tube feet or with mucous strands between their spines |
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