And why and how do you think things are classified? Were
the creatures created for the classification, or were the
classifications created for the creatures?

Should we say "It's already been classified, no sense
reclassifying it"?

Wayne Sallee
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George wrote on 12/23/2006 7:48 PM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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Also a brittle star has a better ability to carry pieces of food to it's
mouth with it's arms via conveyor-line like method.

Wayne Sallee
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Yes, this and the other differences you mention do distinguish one genera
from another. They are still brittle stars.

George

Wayne Sallee wrote on 12/23/2006 4:43 PM:
One is behavior that we were discussing, but also look a the visible
difference. A serpent star is smooth, and a brittle star has lot's of
appendages, and a "green brittle/serpent" is smooth with *some*
appendages, but not nearly as much as a brittle star.

Wayne Sallee
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George wrote on 12/23/2006 4:36 PM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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There is a difference between the "green brittle", and what we all
call a brittle star.

Wayne Sallee
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And that would be? Come on. Out with it, already. :-)

George