Feather Star revisited

I originally wrote this blog post two years ago, but when I recently saw this awsome video of a feather star, I got excited and desided to re-post it, with some very minor changes.

Feather stars are stunningly pretty, and are definitely one of the most gorgeous species of starfish there are. I spotted a marvelously beautiful feather star, diving at Shark Point, near the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand. I had never seen one before.

Feather stars (like all starfish) are beautifully symmetrical in shape-round- and can grow to about 30cm, or about one foot in diameter. A feather star looks pretty much like a round circle of feathers, with its many, many delicate, feathery arms that sprout out from the central disk in the middle, that is the creature's body. Underneath their body they have grasping legs, kind of like fingers that the feather star uses to attach itself on corals and rocks. These“fingers” are called cirri.



I spotted this beautiful feather star while diving at Shark Point, near the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand.

Feather Star

Feather stars are stunningly pretty, and are definitely one of the most gorgeous species of starfish there are. I spotted a marvelous feather star, diving at Shark Point, near the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand back in November.

Feather stars (like all starfish) are beautifully symmetrical in shape -round- and usually grow to about 30cm, or one foot in diameter. A feather star looks pretty much like a round circle of feathers, with its many delicate, feathery arms that sprout out from the central disk in the middle, that is the creature's body. Underneath their body they have some grasping legs, kind of like fingers that the feather star uses to attach itself on corals and rocks. These “fingers” are called called cirri.

I spotted this beautiful feather star while diving at Shark Point, near the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand.