Robust+Feather+Star


 * __Phyla:__** Echinodermata



__**Class:**__ Crinoidea


 * __Scientific Name:__** //Himerometra robustipinna//

__**Location:**__ Indo- Pacific Ocean.

__**Size:**__ Size varies. They are cup shaped. Some can have 5 arms and others can have as many as 200.



__**Habitat:**__ It lives on hard rocks and coral.

__**Living Conditions:**__ They stay in the same area their entire life unless something disturbs their living environment. If that happens, they are capable of moving from place to place.

__**Life Cycle:**__ They reproduce by budding.

__**Male and Female Differences:**__ Males have a pair of gonads on every arm. Females have an egg on every arm.

__**Facts:**__
 * Their arms have little particles on them that act like glue. When they go to eat at night, they extend their arms and catch their food like that.
 * Their mouth and anus are on the same side of the body. They are right next to eachother on the top side.



__**Zookeeper:**__ Paco Rodriguez

__**Information/ Pictures:**__
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 * http://www.starfish.ch/Fotos/echinoderms-Stachelhauter/featherstars-Federsterne/Himerometra-robustipinna.jpg
 * http://www.starfish.ch/Fotos/echinoderms-Stachelhauter/featherstars-Federsterne/Himerometra-robustipinna1.jpg
 * http://www.poppe-images.com/photo/collection/900000/web/907200.jpg