I have never heard of these things. Check out the video.
As well as being creepy as the merry dickens, their arms are very fine fractals.
This particular nightmare has been identified as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae.
dv said:
Basket star caughtI have never heard of these things. Check out the video.
As well as being creepy as the merry dickens, their arms are very fine fractals.
This particular nightmare has been identified as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae.
They are all over the Barrier Reef, fascinating to watch them feeding.
They’re lovely critters but hard to draw.
Did you draw that?
This particular beauty would not be the same as those on the reef as it associated with deeper water.
dv said:
Did you draw that?This particular beauty would not be the same as those on the reef as it associated with deeper water.
No, it’s a photo. Not taken by me :)
dv said:
This particular nightmare has been identified as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae.The caput medusae with which I am familiar.
dv said:
Basket star caughtI have never heard of these things. Check out the video.
As well as being creepy as the merry dickens, their arms are very fine fractals.
This particular nightmare has been identified as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae.
Ah yes. I know of basket stars but don’t remember ever seeing one in an aquarium. I wonder how many different species there are.
Let’s see. “Basket stars” include 4 families, one family Gorgonocephalidae contains 34 genera (another web reference gives only 8). The three best known of these genera have 10, 9 and 1 species. A second family Eurialidae contains at least 2 genera including at least one species – with five arms that don’t split further.