Two species of feather stars

Two species of feather stars (orange Stylometra spinifera and white Neocomatella alata) and a basket star (Astracme mucronata) on a stony coral fan (Madrepora carolina) in about 400 meters (1312 feet) depth off Grand Bahama Island. Image courtesy of Bioluminescence Team 2009, NOAA-OER. © C.G. Messing.

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