Echinoderm

Sea lily

Stalked crinoids

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic Found in all 5 oceans

Deep sea of all oceans, even in the Arctic and the Antarctic

Depth

100 to 9,000 m

Size

Stalk up to 1 m

Diet

Plankton

Zone

The sea floor · 200 – 3,500 m

Key facts

• This cousin of sea stars lives attached to a stalk, its arms open like a flower.
• Its ancestors covered the seafloor hundreds of millions of years ago.

Verified sources

1. Wikipedia : Crinoid
2. Deep Sea News : The deepest crinoids (Oji et al. 2009, plus de 9 000 m)
3. WoRMS, Crinoidea

In the game: To observe

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