> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Echinodermata](Echinodermata.md) **Subphylum**:: Crinozoa **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Crinoidea **Subclass**:: Articulata **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Comatulida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Comatulidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Capillaster **Species**:: C. multiradiatus **Vernacular**:: Multiradiate feather star ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157740/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Echinoderm/Crinoi%CC%88de_yxhtms.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157740/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Echinoderm/Crinoi%CC%88de_yxhtms.jpg) *[97 - 2022-11-28 - Gordon's Reef - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](97%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Gordon's%20Reef%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md)* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157732/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Echinoderm/Crinoi%CC%88de_2_zlht8r.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157732/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Echinoderm/Crinoi%CC%88de_2_zlht8r.jpg) *[104 - 2022-12-01 - Shark and Yolanda Reef - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](104%20-%202022-12-01%20-%20Shark%20and%20Yolanda%20Reef%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md)* ## Notes Comatulas are echinoderms with feather like arms. Mostly hidden by day. Very gracious to see and not too deep. ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comatulida - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Capillaster-multiradiatus-Comatule-brune-4798/(rOffset)/0 (fr) - https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillaster_multiradiatus (fr ; #to-contribute in english)