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crinoid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | echinoderm |
| Has types | comatulid, feather star, sea lily |
crinoid:: | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of crinoid
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In deeper waters, tunicate and stalked crinoid have been spotted by scuba expeditions.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A pair of crinoid clingfish at Gili Trawangan in Lombok, Indonesia.
From the theepochtimes.com
Post-Paleozoic crinoid radiation in response to benthic predation preceded the Mesozoic marine revolution.
From the sciencedaily.com
Crinoid fossil, the arrow pointing to a regenerated arm.
From the sciencedaily.com
So far, the crinoid biomarkers mesh well with scientists'concepts of how those species are related.
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For the second time at Catalogue of Organisms, I'm presenting a fossil crinoid family as taxon of the week.
From the scienceblogs.com
As fish populations thrived in the Devonian, crinoid diversity and abundance remained low despite favorable conditions.
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Until now, they could only infer crinoid lineage based on the size and shape of key features on the animals'skeletons.
From the sciencedaily.com
But whereas starfish crawl over the sea floor, their relative, the crinoid, is rooted to the bottom via a stalk.
From the newscientist.com
- Of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea
- Primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- Crinoids, also known as sea lilies or feather-stars, are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata). Crinoidea comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They live both in shallow water and in depths as great as 6,000 meters.
- (crinoids) Any of various marine invertebrates of the class Crinoidea, ranging in age from Ordovician to Present, which includes sea lilies and feather stars. They are characterized by feathery, radiating arms and a stem attached to a surface.
- (crinoids) an echinoderm with radial symmetry that resembles a flower
- Crinoids belong to the Phylum (Echinodermata). Like all echinoderms the have a radial symmetry of five. Mostly only small parts of stems are found. Crinoids are also called sea lilies. ...
- A marine invertebrate, usually possessing a cup-shaped body and five or more feathery tentacles. A few hundred species presently exist, but thousands of extinct species have been found in fossil form, particularly in Paleozoic Era limestones. ...
- A marine animal consisting of a cup or "head" containing the vital organs, numerous radiating arms, an elongate, jointed stem, and a root-like attachment to the sea bottom while the body, stem and arms float.
- Crinoids are abundant fossils from Ordovician to Tertiary time; they are still abundant today, although a little less common in shallow water sites than they were during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. The great majority of the group have long stalks, which are anchored to the sea bottom. ...
