Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Articulata
Order: Comatulida
Superfamily: Himerometroidea
Family: Colobometridae
Genus: Cenometra
Species: Cenometra bella (Hartlaub, 1890)
Nicknamed the feather star, they are distinguishable by their pairs of long, slender, feather-like arms. The arms are coated with a sticky substance that aids in catching and grabbing prey. The anus faces upwards and the species has cirri to help it grab hold to its substrate.