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brittle star

NOUN
basket star
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The newly described brittle star is another treasure imprinted onto the site’s limestone slabs.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2024

The brittle star fossil was discovered in the Nusplingen limestone deposit in southern Germany.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2024

“You have this brittle star with every single piece in its original place, just as if it washed up on the beach a day ago,” Dr. Thuy said.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2024

Clockwise from top left: an anemone, a brittle star, Acanthogorgiidae coral and a pencil urchin.Credit:

From Nature ● Jul. 23, 2019

The brittle star discards its limbs, or the best part of them, in the meekest manner possible.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield




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