basket-star
| Any brittle-star of the order Phrynaphiurida, whose spiny arms branch repeatedly to form a coiled mass. Unlike other brittle-stars, which tend to be carnivorous, the hundred or so species of basket-star are suspension feeders, trapping large particles in their extended arms. |
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