Brisinga endecacnemos

Brisinga endecacnemos is a species of starfish found in deep waters off Norway, Rockall Trough off Ireland, Cape Verde, to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The species is described as being a "brilliant red", with a body measuring between 2.8 cm and 3.0 cm and 9 to 12 limbs generally measuring over 33 cm. Upon its discovery it was deemed to be an evolutionary link between ophiuroids and asteroids.^[1][2][3]

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Brisinga endecacnemos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Brisingida
Family:	Brisingidae
Genus:	Brisinga
Species:	B. endecacnemos
Binomial name
Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856