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| crinoids text index | photo index |
| Phylum Echinodermata > Class Crinoidea > Order Comatulida |
| Red
feather star Himerometra robustipinna* Family Himerometridae updated Jan 2020 Where seen? This bright red feather star is sometimes seen near living reefs on our Southern shores. Sometimes many small ones are seen on one visit, and then not seen again for some time. At other times, a single large one may be seen. Features: 6-12cm in diameter. With more than 30 arms. The cirri on the underside is banded. The entire animal usually uniformly red, sometimes bright red, sometimes very dark red. Or mostly red with some yellowish body parts. Feather friend: Sometimes, a tiny Crinoid shrimp is seen living in this feather star. It closely resembles the feather star in colour and pattern. |
 Cyrene Reef, Apr 08 |
 Pulau Hantu, Jan 12 |
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*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display
| Red feather stars on Singapore shores |
On wildsingapore
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
| Filmed at Labrador,
2008 red featherstar @ labrador from SgBeachBum on Vimeo. |
| Filmed at Pulau
Hantu, Apr 10 red crinoid from SgBeachBum on Vimeo. |
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