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Definition of basket star in US English: basket starnoun A brittlestar having branched arms. Genus Gorgonocephalus, family Gorgonocephalidae: several species, including the large G. eucnemis Example sentencesExamples - One site on the landward side of the fjord was an almost vertical wall leading down to a ledge at 30m, where we were told we should find large sea spiders and basket stars.
- The basket star, looking more like a soft coral with its delicate branching arms, reaches out into the current in search of its next meal.
- By contrast with other echinoderm species, basket stars are unknown in storm drift lines.
- Ophiuroids are a large group of echinoderms that includes the brittle stars and basket stars (Euryalida).
- Huge cauliflower soft corals, basket stars and brightly coloured sponges seem to cover almost every centimetre of reef.
Definition of basket star in US English: basket starnoun A brittlestar having branched arms. Genus Gorgonocephalus, family Gorgonocephalidae: several species, including the large G. eucnemis Example sentencesExamples - Ophiuroids are a large group of echinoderms that includes the brittle stars and basket stars (Euryalida).
- By contrast with other echinoderm species, basket stars are unknown in storm drift lines.
- The basket star, looking more like a soft coral with its delicate branching arms, reaches out into the current in search of its next meal.
- Huge cauliflower soft corals, basket stars and brightly coloured sponges seem to cover almost every centimetre of reef.
- One site on the landward side of the fjord was an almost vertical wall leading down to a ledge at 30m, where we were told we should find large sea spiders and basket stars.
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