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 Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X 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.