Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Behold, the mighty basket star! Seen while exploring Indonesian waters in 2010, the intricate network of bifurcating arms of this basket star also housed several large shrimp.

Video courtesy of courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, INDEX-SATAL 2010.

To view more media from the INDEX 2010: “Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region” expedition, visit: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10index/logs/photolog/photolog.html