#Antarctic strawberry feather star

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The Antarctic strawberry feather star gets its name from its strawberry-like head

(Image credit: McLaughlin, Wilson and Rouse)

Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep in Atlantic Ocean has 20 gangly arms

The bizarre Antarctic feather star was once believed to be one species. Now, scientists have figured out that it's actually eight.

The 20-armed Antarctic strawberry feather star swims with rhythmic pulses from its arms.

(Image credit: Gregory W. Rouse)

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Antarctic strawberry feather star (Promachocrinus fragarius), Alien-Like Antarctic Feather Star With 20 Legs Joins Four New-To-Science Species

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earth fact time. earlier this year, science hippies discovered a new species of feather star: the antarctic strawberry feather star. they're named because their body is shaped like a strawberry. normally feather stars have 10 arms, but these bad boys have 20, and those arms can get up to 8 inches long. they're dark reddish purplish, and they live in the deep sea in antarctica!

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all photos from greg rouse

[demenior]

SHES BEAUTIFUL 💕💕

hey don't cry, ‘large’ creature with 20 arms found lurking in Antarctic sea, okay??

[xoivy]

i need to know who tf named the antarctic strawberry feather star bc it has the same exact energy as this

[mothmussy]

My friend @marfalump asked me to make a Sonic character based on the 20 armed antarctic strawberry feather star! 👇👇👇

Say hello to Sploog

[c00kietin]

Some rough scribbles I did today for potential cookie run- or just general- ocs.

[alanshemper]

photos of the newly discovered Promachocrinus fragarius, or Antarctic strawberry feather star, which has 20 arms

[shyolet]

Favorite fish?

UM ! i can't pick one so here's four <3

Vampire Squid

2) Leopard Moray Eel

3) Blood-belly Comb Jelly

4) Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star

[princessofmissouri]

antarctic strawberry feather star

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Terrifying Alien-like creature with 20 Arms has been discovered in the Antarctic Ocean. Meet the Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star, a new species with 20 arms and a fruity shape. This large creature lives in the deep and cold waters of the Southern Ocean. It can be purplish or dark reddish in color.

The Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star is a new species of marine animal that belongs to the genus Promachocrinus, a group of invertebrates related to starfish and sea cucumbers. It was discovered by scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California, San Diego, who conducted several expeditions to the Southern Ocean between 2008 and 2017.

The Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star has a unique shape and appearance that resembles a strawberry with 20 arms. Its central body, or calyx, is round and flattened, with a diameter of about 10 cm. Its arms are long and slender, reaching up to 30 cm in length. The arms are covered with small projections called pinnules, which help the animal filter food from the water. The color of the animal can vary from purplish to dark reddish, depending on the depth and light conditions.

The Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star lives in the deep and cold waters of the Southern Ocean, at depths ranging from 65 to 6500 feet. It is usually found attached to rocks or other hard substrates by a stalk-like structure called a cirrus. The animal can also detach itself and swim by waving its arms. It feeds on plankton and other small organisms that it captures with its pinnules.

The Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star is one of four new species of Promachocrinus that were identified by the scientists, along with seven other known species. The researchers used DNA analysis and morphological examination to distinguish the different species. They also named the new species after their distinctive features or locations. For example, Promachocrinus fragarius means “strawberry-bearing” in Latin, while Promachocrinus rossi is named after explorer Sir James Clark Ross, who led the first expedition to Antarctica in 1839.

The discovery of the Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star and its relatives is an example of the rich and diverse biodiversity that exists in the Southern Ocean. The scientists hope that their research will help increase our knowledge and appreciation of this unique and fragile ecosystem. 🙏

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‘Large’ creature — with 20 arms — found lurking in Antarctic sea. It’s a new species

Scientists aboard a research vessel near Antarctica pulled their nets out of the chilly ocean water. Among their catch, they found a 20-armed creature with a distinctive body shape. It’s a new species.

Researchers trawled the Southern Ocean on several research expeditions between 2008 and 2017, according to a study published July 14 in the journal Invertebrate Systematics. They were searching for a group of “cryptic” sea animals known as Promachocrinus, or Antarctic feather stars.

Antarctic feather stars are “large” animals that can live anywhere from about 65 feet to about 6,500 feet underwater and have an “otherworldly appearance” when swimming, researchers said. Although both are invertebrate ocean animals, feather stars are distinct from more well-known sea stars

During their surveys, researchers collected eight feather stars with a distinctive body shape and discovered a new species: Promachocrinus fragarius, or the Antarctic strawberry feather star.

The Antarctic strawberry feather star has 20 arms branching off its central “strawberry-like” body, the study said. It can range in color from “purplish” to “dark reddish.” Researchers did not provide measurements of the animal’s overall size.

Photos show the new species has two types ofappendages. Its lower, shorter arms appear almost striped and bumpy, while its upper, longer arms appear almost feathered and soft

A close-up photo shows the Antarctic strawberry feather star’s lower body. It has a roughly triangular shape, wider at the top and tapering toward a rounded bottom tip. The texture appears bumpy with circle-like indents likely left from broken-off arms.

Researchers named the new species after the Latin word for “strawberry” because of the “resemblance of the (body) shape… to a strawberry.”

[bandit-o-s-oc-arch]

haven't been drawing too much lately need to get into the habit while I'm unemployed lol. I have some really cool collabs with some very talented artists coming up and so I've made some practice album covers and collage resources for those this last week.

also got really autistic about the Antarctic strawberry feather star (Promachocrinus fragarius) and finally drew a proper crinoid fursona.. she doesn't have a name but she is silly, autistic and stims alot.

[officialcreeperslayer420]

Screw Emus, I want an Antarctic strawberry feather star

[technomancerb3]

IT IS FREAKY FISH FRIDAY MY FRIENDS, FELLOWS, AND FUCKERS!!!!!!

Some researchers pulled this freaky fish thing out of their nets while trawling the antarctic sea.

This creacher is is the first discovered specimen of a new species of antarctic feathered star. No relation to sea stars, these things actually swim about as opposed to crawling along the sea floor.

With 20 limbs emanating from a central "strawberry like" body this species has been named the antarctic strawberry feather star.

Lookit that cute face

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antarctic strawberry feather star