Mouth of a brittle star, Ophiocoma echinata

 

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Five mouth parts of a brittle star, with teeth. Brittle stars often eat detritus and sometimes filter organic particles in the water column. This specimen was collected in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Image: LSR

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