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 along with the Bioluminescence 2009 Expedition last week, you can catch up online at the NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition website. The . . . → Read More: Deep-sea crinoid discovered in real time
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By Peter Etnoyer, on  July 30th, 2009  One comment  Coral, New Species  Crinoid, deep-sea coral, Living Fossil, New Species By Dr. M, on July 14th, 2009 3 comments New Research, Organisms Crinoid, deep, depth, echinoderm, hadal, Japan, record, Trench Japanese researchers recently set a record with the deepest in-situ observation of a criniod. In the words of the authors, Previous records of stalked crinoids from hadal depths (exceeding 6000 m) are extremely rare, and no in-situ information has been available. We show here that stalked crinoids live densely on rocky substrates at depths . . . → Read More: The Deepest Crinoids
By Dr. M, on October 7th, 2008 4 comments Uncategorized Crinoid, Echinodermata, Freyella, Stalked Crinoid #25 Stalked Crinoids (Phylum Echiondermata, Class Crinoidea, Sub Class Articulata) 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 but in them rest the beating heart of a . . . → Read More: The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #25 Stalked Crinoids
By Dr. M, on March 23rd, 2008 4 comments Adaptations, Coral, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms Aclidae, Cerithiopsidae, Cnidaria, Crinoid, Echinodermata, Epitoniidae, Eulimidae, Fire Urchin, Gasrtopod, Janthina, Janthinidae, Mollusca, Ophiotrix, Parasite, Porpita, Ptenoglossa, Triphoridae, Wentletraps The recent Invertebrate Wars reminded me of spectacular, but often ignored, group of gastropods. The parasites! This is a group that I have totally geeked out on in the past. In my previous work I have focused on the Ptenoglossa likely a paraphyletic or polyphyletic group, established originally of unspecified rank by Gray (1853). It . . . → Read More: Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them
By Dr. M, on December 24th, 2006 3 comments Organisms, The Basics Agassiz, Azoic, Bathybius, Belemnite, Challenger Expedition, Coelacanth, Crinoid, Huxley, Living Fossil, Mesoteuthidea, Monoplacophora, Neopilina, Sars, Spirula, Vampiroteuthis The series continues! Chris Mah and Peter’s recent and wonderful posts have goaded me into next segment of the 25 Things You Should Know About The Deep Sea (the last post in this series links to all the previous). The beginnings of deep-sea science in the late 1800′s was dominated by two ideas about . . . → Read More: ARHIVE: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #12 Where Deep Sea Organisms Come From
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