Brittle Stars | Fascinating facts about the unusual echinoderm that flees from light

Brittle stars are echinoderms. Although they are closely related to starfish. Brittle stars like a quirkier, more slender version of a starfish.

A brittle star has a distinct central disc and five skinny, flexible arms which may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) in length (sometimes they have six or seven arms). The central disc is a skeleton made of calcium carbonate that contains all the internal organs like mouth, jaws and stomach. The mouth is surrounded by five movable jaw parts, making it look like a star when it opens. Brittle stars are either scavengers or predators. Their tube feet help gather the food and transfer them to their mouth. Because they don’t have any intestine or anus, any undigested material they eat is expelled from the mouth.

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[Lily.Plays.Piano.]

The ocean is full of sillies and I love learning about them

[YouWereMyConscience]

I love brittle stars! I also love the narrator's accent! Genuinely cannot tell if they are Scandinavian or East Asian!

[Aquacore]

I FOUND THESE AT THE BEACH TODAY UNDER ROCKS DURING LOW TIDE! The small ones are sooo fun to play with, they grip onto my fingers and feet.

[hulick]

These move by using one appendage as a symmetry axis and use the others to move around, like four legged vertebrates.

[noele.caballero]

I saw a brittle star and I catch one of them

[samherken]

It looks goofy and like it's from subnuatica

[evilsharkey]

I feel cheated that the brittlestars in the thumbnail aren’t in the video. I wanted to see how they were moving.

[prahlad]

No they has complete digestive system they don't poop through their mouth

[KayosBlaize]

Strange Goblin Sharks are also found in the Bathynetic Zone/Abyssal Zone

[LorenzoVargas]

These things look like they were designed by H.R. Giger creepy as shit