AQUADICO


Feather star

Cenometra bella

Distribution: Indian Ocean, Australia, Western Pacific Ocean, Red Wed

Description: As comatule sawtooth five arms from a central body, the chalice.

Everyone then branches to give between 20 and 40 white arms pinnate with white, gray or black pinnae.

Housing They are found up to 20 meters deep. The Comatulids are primarily nocturnal activity. They use their tendrils to cling to or coralline algae.

Food: The current exposure allows them to feed on microzooplankton and organic particles drifting with his upper arms that are filter feeders. She a carnivore Speed and scavenger.
             
 


Taxonomic classification


Phylum: Echinoderma Class: crinoidea Sub class: articulata To print in "PDF" format
Order: comatulida Sub order: ¤¤¤ Family: colobometridae
Genus: cenometra Species: bella Descriptor: Hartlaub, 1890