Feather star

This 'feathery' fish is mesmerising 😮 | fish

It's rare for a feather star to be seen swimming as they often cling to rocks or coral. A professional diver captured this remarkable footage in Thailand.

Feather stars are animals, related to urchins and sea stars, that move to high points on rocks and other animals like gorgonians in order to maximise their filtering of the passing water for food

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Once thought to be extinct, these lesser-known cousins of sea stars and sea urchins are some of the prettiest creatures in the ocean.

In nature, one of the best forms of defence is camouflage, and feather stars have got that down to an art.

This shot was taken at the scenic Tokong Bahara, Tioman Island

This was my first dive of the season and it was such a delight to be drifting around the coral again. There are always plenty of Feather Star's around the GBR, but on this occasion I decided to play with lighting to accentuate this little fellows colours and curves -- full power stobes out either side, and taken from about 80 cm away so as to fit it in with my 60mm macro lens. It was even fun processing the image --,darken the backgroud, descatter the back scatter and beauty...my sweet model…