Crinoid

Comatella nigra

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–160 m

This feather star perches in reef recesses, staying hidden under ledges and rubble through the day. After dark it fans its many feathery arms outward in all directions to strain plankton and drifting particles from the current, down to about 160 metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Echinodermata › Crinoidea › Comatulida › Comatulidae › Comatella

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 246757.