red featherstar @ labrador

red featherstar @ labrador from BeachBum on Vimeo.

This one was rather small but it was very active swimming although stuck in a small pool.
The months of May and June seems to be the season for Echinoderms as there have been reports of urchins congregating at Pasir Ris, other reports of feather stars and sea stars in great numbers on Cyrene Reef.

Once the tide comes in, this red featherstar will get lifted out of the pool and be free to roam the seas.

FeatherStars are Echinoderms.
What are Echinoderms? Have a look here : http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/p600.htm
http://www.starfish.ch/reef/echinoderms.html
http://ebiomedia.com/prod/BOechinoderms.html

More info :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoid - general info
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Feather.htm
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Echinodermata&contgroup=Metazoa - must read!
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8168 - about sea lilies being able to crawl away from danger.