Basket Star Facts: FANCY Brittle Stars ⭐ Animal Fact Files

Basket stars are fancy brittle stars belonging to the Euryalida order. They share this order with animals commonly known as snake stars. There are nearly 200 species within the Euryalida order, and approximately ⅓ of them would qualify as “basket stars.” Learn more basket star facts here on Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Order Euryalida
Range: Cosmopolitan
Habitat: Ocean floor
Size: Up to 27.5 inches (70 cm) long including arms
Diet: Plankton, jellyfish, fish larvae, and crustaceans
Threats: Fish and crustaceans
Life span: Thirty years or more

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Idk if you came across it but on a NOAA expedition last year an ROV came across a huge number of basket stars together- I’ll link it on twitter later because woah it’s cool footage

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Do basket stars change colors like frog fish. It would look pretty obvious to see a brown colored basket star on something like an orange coral or white sand.

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