News Animals 20/20 lenses coat body of sea creature By Charlotte Schubert August 22, 2001 at 11:36 am - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Look closely enough at the arms of the brittlestar, a starfish relative, and you’d A brittlestar. Aizenberg The crystalline skeleton of a brittlestar forms an array of lenses. Aizenberg see that those arms are looking right back at you. Each one is coated with perfect lenses that focus light onto a nerve bundle, researchers report in the Aug.