On February 12, 2010, Montserrat Post has issued the marine life stamp series that features the Basket stars, Sea Anemone, Spiny Lobsters, and Spotted Drum. Each of issue stamps have different nominal value, $ 1.10, $ 2.25, $ 2.50, $2.75 and $ 5.0.
Basket Star – $ 1.10
The Basket stars are a group of brittle stars and has characteristic many-branched arms. Their habitat are deep sea with the life span is up to 35 years in the wild. They weigh around 5 kg. Like other echinoderms, basket stars lack blood and achieve gas exchange via their water vascular system.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.
