Brisingenes margoae

Brisingenes margoae is a species of sea stars belonging to the family Brisingidae. Brisingids are distinguished from the more conventional five-rayed asteroids by their multiple arms with long-spines upheld into the water column in order to capture food from the water current Ecologically, brisingids are significant in that they exploit food from pelagic sources, making it available to the benthic nutrient flow, where it might not be otherwise available Brisingid asteroids have a nearly global distribution, occurring in deep-sea settings in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans.