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Phylum Echinodermata > Class Crinoidea > Order Comatulida
Black-and-white feather star
awaiting identification*
updated Oct 2016
Where seen? This elegant black-and-white feather star is sometimes seen, on coral rubble and near living reefs on undisturbed shores.

Features: 10-12cm in diameter with arms. Black pinnules on pale arms. More than 20 arms. On the upperside, the central disk is covered with many dark to black pinnules. The cirri on the underside is banded.

Beting Bronok, Aug 05

Underside

Close-up look at arms.


Raffles Lighthouse, Jun 07

Fine feeding tentacles on pinnules.

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by large external features for convenience of display
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Black-and-white feathers stars on Singapore shores
On wildsingapore flickr

Other sightings on Singapore shores


Changi, Jun 20
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.

Pulau Sekudu, Jun 14
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his blog.

Chek Jawa, Jun 23
Photo shared by Kelvin Yong on facebook.


East Coast Park, May 16
Photo shared by Jonathan Tan on facebook.

Kusu Island, Sep 23
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.

Sisters Island, Jan 10
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr.


Pulau Hantu, Jun 08
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his blog.

Terumbu Semakau, Dec 15
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his blog.


Pulau Semakau (East), Jul 16
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.

Pulau Salu, Apr 21
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.


Raffles Lighthouse, Aug 08
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr.

Pulau Salu, Apr 21
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.

Pulau Berkas, Feb 22
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.

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