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title: "Unique creature feather starfish"  
description: "A brief explanation about the feather starfish and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2967/unique-creature-feather-starfish  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["feather starfish", "animals", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Unique creature feather starfish

![Unique creature feather starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/22aa91bf-6b9d-475b-bc63-6bea2be0b3eb/images/a5511827-bc95-462a-b5e5-13ed5cccaedb.jpeg) ![Unique creature feather starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/22aa91bf-6b9d-475b-bc63-6bea2be0b3eb/images/99f47b36-8d25-4fdc-ae1a-786cfdbed53d.jpeg) Feather starfish (comatulids) are marine invertebrates in the Crinoidea class, closely related to sea lilies but lacking a stalk and being free-moving ![Unique creature feather starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/22aa91bf-6b9d-475b-bc63-6bea2be0b3eb/images/d7503aeb-216f-4ea1-a8ae-e670adb93e44.jpeg) They can be upto 150 cm long arms covered in tiny cilia, creating water currents that draw food particles towards their mouth. ![Unique creature feather starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/22aa91bf-6b9d-475b-bc63-6bea2be0b3eb/images/a2ee34bf-dda7-4fdb-ab77-ca015963fd67.jpeg) They are found globally, play a vital role in the marine ecosystem by filtering food particles and providing food for other animals like fish and crab ![Unique creature feather starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/22aa91bf-6b9d-475b-bc63-6bea2be0b3eb/images/56ebb8f6-77d8-41cd-b0c0-8c831e28ab38.jpeg) With relics reaching back over 500 million years, feather starfish are among the oldest organisms on the earth. ![Unique creature feather starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/22aa91bf-6b9d-475b-bc63-6bea2be0b3eb/images/166d4ca1-bc0b-418d-a50e-0648ded7feac.jpeg) They can swim by beating their arms and have the ability to change colour to camouflage themselves from predators.

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