Asterias euryale Retzius, 1783 Astrocladus euryale, the basket star, or gorgon's head is a brittlestar of the family Gorgonocephalidae found in the coastal waters of South Africa from the west coast of the Cape Peninsula to about Algoa Bay.

[2][1] The 10 arms branch repeatedly in an alternating pattern into ever-finer tendrils, which can be extended to form a basket-like net for filter feeding, or rolled up compactly against the body disc when not feeding.

The body is generally a pale grey studded with whitish knobs usually ringed with black.

Disc can be up to about 200mm diameter with extended arms up to 500mm long, Often found on high points of a reef or up on sea fans, noble corals or sponges when feeding.

[2][3] Originally described as Asterias euryale by A. J. Retzius, in Anmärkningar vid.