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Psathyrometra fragilis (A. H. Clark, 1907)
Fragile Feather Star
Family: Antedonidae
Introduction to the Echinoderms of BC

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Distribution of Psathyrometra fragilis in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction


This is a purplish brown feather star with 10 arms. In BC, it has been collected most recently (2011) in BC from at depths of 706 – 1903 m, from Queen Charlotte Sound to Rennel Sound, Haida Gwai (Lambert and Boutillier 2011).

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Species References

Lambert, P., and Boutillier, J. 2011. Deep-sea echinodermata of British Columbia, Canada. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2929: viii + 143p

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