They are preyed upon by shells (like the Triton shell), some fish (like the trigger fish), crabs and shrimps and by other echinoderms like starfish which are carnivorous.
From another source: Creatures that snack on brittle stars include fish, crabs, hermit crabs, mantis shrimp and even sea stars and other brittle stars.
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Some predators of the Brittle Star are: fish, crabs, hermit crabs, mantis shrimp, sea stars and other brittle stars. Brittle stars can regenerate limbs that are broken by predators.
Brittle stars crawl and basket stars do not move or crawl.
yes,brittle stars are cold blooded.
One animal that eats brittle stars are banded shrimp. Some parasites of brittle stars include crustaceans, nematodes, trematodes, and polychaete annelids. Unlike other types of starfish, brittle stars are usually not parasitized by annelid worms.
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Some predators of the Brittle Star are: fish, crabs, hermit crabs, mantis shrimp, sea stars and other brittle stars. Brittle stars can regenerate limbs that are broken by predators.
To find food and avoid predators.
Brittle stars crawl and basket stars do not move or crawl.
yes,brittle stars are cold blooded.
Some brittle stars breed asexually. Most brittle stars are either male or female however some species are hermaphroditic.
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One animal that eats brittle stars are banded shrimp. Some parasites of brittle stars include crustaceans, nematodes, trematodes, and polychaete annelids. Unlike other types of starfish, brittle stars are usually not parasitized by annelid worms.
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Yes they do.
Sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.