The Crinoidea, a class of marine echinoderms, have long captivated palaeontologists as one of the most enduring and diverse components of the marine fossil record. Their evolutionary history spans ...

Three Endoxocrinus maclearanus flank a purple sea fan with a snake star at 2000 ft depth in the Bahamas. Image courtesy Bioluminescence 2009 Expedition, NOAA/OER If you didn’t get a chance to follow ...

The ocean floor is home to a menagerie of odd and peculiar creatures. Now, armed with a remote controlled vehicle, researchers in the South China Sea have discovered another. During surveys from the ...

Sure we call them sea lilies but they’re no pansies. While most people have nightmares about giant squid or shark, the denizens of the deep I fear are crinoids. They may look innocent and flower-like ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Two siphonostomatoid copepods are associated with the crinoid Capillaster multiradiatus in Madagascar and in the Moluccas. Collocheres ...