The basket stars are the largest ophiuroids with " Gorgonocephalus stimpsoni " measuring up to 70 cm in arm length with a disk diameter of 14 cm.
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Gorgonocephalidae are the largest ophiuroids ( " Gorgonocephalus stimpsoni " can measure up to 70 cm in arm length with a disk diameter of 14 cm ).
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In Puget Sound, juvenile basket stars ( " Gorgonocephalus eucnemis " ) have been found to be living, growing and feeding inside the pharynges of " Gersemia rubiformis " polyps, only becoming free-living when they have grown large enough to catch food for themselves.
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""'Gorgonocephalus " "'is a genus of marine basket stars in the Greek, " gorg�s " meaning " dreaded " and " cephalus " meaning " head ", and refers to the similarity between these echinoids and the Gorgon's head from Greek myth with its coiled serpents for hair.
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""'Gorgonocephalus arcticus " "'is a species of basket star in the Greek, " gorg�s " meaning " dreaded " and " cephalus " meaning " head ", and refers to the similarity between these echinoids and the Gorgon's head from Greek myth with its coiled serpents for hair.
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""'Gorgonocephalus eucnemis " "'is a species of basket star in the Greek, " gorg�s " meaning " dreadful " and " cephalus " meaning " head ", and refers to the similarity between these basket stars and the Gorgon's head from Greek mythology with its writhing serpents for hair.
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