Sentences with phrase «sponge brittle stars»

Although they resemble starfish, sponge brittle stars can move much more quickly with the assistance of their highly mobile arms.

Not exact matches

This thin sliver of ocean reaching under the ice turned out to be 10 meters deep, and the camera came to rest on the bottom beneath it, revealing it to be muddy and strewn with pebbles — a flat, barren tract, devoid of any obvious signs of large marine life such as brittle stars, sponges or worms.

Instead, the researchers hauled up a startling variety — including bristly polychaete worms, isopod and amphipod crustaceans, mollusks, gastropods, sea urchins, brittle stars, nematode roundworms, and carnivorous sponges.

Glass sponges provide habitat for feather and brittle stars in frigid Antarctic waters.

Consider stocking at least a few representatives from each of the following groups: Sponges — many types, shapes, sizes and colors Zoanthids — colonial anemones (some can be harmful to true corals) Anemones — short tentacle, long tentacle and carpet Corallimorphs — mushroom anemones, Ricordea, Discosoma and elephant - ear Cerianthids — tube - dwelling anemones Mollusks (with and without shell)-- sea slugs, sea hares, nudibranches, turbo snails and many types of living shells and clams Cephalopods — octopus and cuttlefish Worms — feather dusters Arthropods — crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp and lobsters Echinoderms — sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea stars (starfish), serpent stars and brittle stars.

Sponges provide shelter for other marine animals including brittle stars, fish, shrimp and worms.

They eat primarily mullusks (snails) and crustaceans (shrimp, crabs, etc.) also smaller amounts of echinoderms (sea urchins, starfish, brittle stars), sponges, and plants.