Animalia: Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida: Antedonidae: Heliometrinae: Florometra: Florometra serratissima (AH Clark, 1907)
While you wouldn’t think birds would be able to exist in the ocean, the common feather star Florometra serratissima could very well be considered the bird of the sea! They are able to move around either by grasping terrain with their claw-like cirri or by swimming through the water with their feather-like arms. The cirri are root-like filaments on the oral surface of the organism, and the arms on the aboral surface possess pinnules that give the appendages its feather-like appearance. These rusty-coloured echinoderms are suspension feeders that dwell in the deep ocean, so it’s unlikely to come across one. Common feather stars are relatives of the typical sea stars we know and love, and similarly have the ability to regenerate damaged body parts! #Canada150 #Biodiversity150
Here’s the barcode sequence information for this species:
Process ID: CHEC034-11
nucleotide sequence
TACTTTGTATTTTCTTTTTGGTGCTTGGGCTGGTATGGTTGGTACTGCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGTACAGAGTTATCTCAACCTGGTTCTTTTTTAGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAAAGTAATTGTAACTTCTCATGCTTTAATAATGATTTTTTTTATGGTAATGCCAATAATGATAGGTGGTTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGATAGGAGCTCCTGATTTGGCTTTTCCTCGTGTAAAAAAAATGAGTTTTTGGTTACTTCCTCCTTCTTTTCTTCTTTTATTAGCTTCTGCTGGTGTAGAAAGGGGTGCTGGTACAGGTTGAACTATTTATCCTCCTTTATCAAGTGGTTTAGCACATTCTGGAGGTTCTGTTGATCTTGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCTGGTGCTTCTTCTATTGTTGCTTCTATAAATTTTATTACAACTGTAATAAAAATGCGCTCTCCGGGGGTTACTTTTGATCGTTTGCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGCTTTTATTACGGCTTTTCTTCTTTTATTATCTCTTCCAGTTTTAGCTGGTGCTATAACTATGCTTCTTACTGATCGTAATATTAATACTACTTTTTTTGATCCGGCTGGTGGTGGTGATCCTATTTTATTTCAGCATTTATTT
amino acid sequence
TLYFLFGAWAGMVGTALSIMIRTELSQPGSFLGDDQIYKVIVTSHALMMIFFMVMPMMMGGFGNWLIPLMMGAPDLAFPRVKKMSFWLLPPSFLLLLASAGVESGAGTGWTIYPPLSSGLAHSGGSVDLAIFSLHIAGASSIVASMNFITTVMKMRSPGVTFDRLPLFVWSAFITAFLLLLSLPVLAGAMTMLLTDRNINTTFFDPAGGGDPILFQHLF
Learn more about it’s BIN (Barcode Index Number): BOLD:AAC3353
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