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title: "Bennett's Bushy Feather Star"
description: "Anneissia bennetti — Other animals. Anneissia bennetti, the Bennett's feather star, is a species of crinoid belonging to the family Comatulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bennett-s-bushy-feather-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bennett's Bushy Feather Star

> Anneissia bennetti — Other animals. Anneissia bennetti, the Bennett's feather star, is a species of crinoid belonging to the family Comatulidae.

- Scientific name: *Anneissia bennetti*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1174
- Wikidata: [Q41080256](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41080256)
- iNaturalist taxon: [783389](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/783389)

## Names

- en: Bennett's Bushy Feather Star
- fr: Comatule de Bennett

## Countries with the most observations

ID (183), NC (122), PH (119), FJ (77), MH (27), PG (17), MY (15), PW (14), AU (12), VU (12), SB (10), JP (9)

## Summary

Anneissia bennetti, the Bennett's feather star, is a species of crinoid belonging to the family Comatulidae. It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific between northern Australia and southeast Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneissia_bennetti

## Photo

![Bennett's Bushy Feather Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bennett-s-bushy-feather-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris Spain · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334075697

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bennett-s-bushy-feather-star?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).