Brittle star
Brittle stars, or ophiuroids, are echinoderms closely related to starfish. They have long, slender, and flexible arms which they use to crawl along the sea bed. Ophiuridae all have simple unbranched arms which move horizontally.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 263/1903/I/294
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Fossils
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Sladen, Mr Walter Percy (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- brittle star
- Simple Name
- fossil: echinoderm
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
