| Astroboa nuda | |
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| Astroboa nuda feeding at night (Red Sea, Egypt) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Phrynophiurida |
| Family: | Gorgonocephalidae |
| Genus: | Astroboa |
| Species: | A. nuda
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| Binomial name | |
| Astroboa nuda Lyman, 1874
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Astroboa nuda, the naked basket star or the giant basket star,[a] is a Gorgonocephalid basket star, a type of echinoderm.[5][6] Its lengthy arms (up to 1.0 metre (3.3 ft) spanwise) are highly branched. It inhabits reef slopes exposed to current throughout the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea to New Caledonia. During the day, it coils into a tight ball. At night, it spreads its arms to form a basket to feed on plankton.[7]
- ^ "Naked Basket Star Astroboa nuda". inaturalist.org. iNaturalist. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Giant Basket Star". MoalBoal Reef Species. Moalboal Reef Species. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Spangler, Randall. "Giant Basket Star (Astroboa nuda)". Spangler's Scuba. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874)". sealifebase. SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ The World Ophiuroidea Database - Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874)
- ^ Naked Basket Star (Astroboa nuda) - Information on Naked Basket Star - Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Lieske, Ewald; Myers, Robert (2004). Coral reef guide. Red Sea. HarperCollins. p. 342. ISBN 9780007741731.
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