: any of various brittle stars with slender complexly branched interlacing arms
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Underwater photos and videos show the bow is now home to various coral, anemones, basket stars and other marine creatures.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025 The bow wreckage now supports a biodiverse community of deep-sea corals, anemones, and basket stars, utilizing the hull as their habitat.—Cara Tabachnick
july 8, CBS News, 8 July 2025 In False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, basket stars are generally seen holding onto fans.—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024 There's no escape from a basket star.—Discover Magazine, 7 July 2010
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