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  • After them came the feather-stars, a relic of the old crinoids which used to flourish in the carboniferous period, examples of which can be found in the Derbyshire limestone; and there were thousands of brittle-stars, like beautiful wheels of which the hubs and spokes remained, but not the circumference.

    The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922

  • Briefly, among the starfish people -- and including also the sea-urchins and sea-cucumbers, the curious brittle-stars and feather-stars -- parental care is the exception, and not the rule.

    Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873

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