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Crinoid

Class Crinoidea

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Field Notes

Description:

Crinoid with all of its feeding arms tucked in. The tube feet are covered with a sticky mucus that traps any food that floats past. Once they have caught a particle of food, the tube feet can flick it into the ambulacral groove, where the cilia are able to propel the stream of mucus towards the mouth.

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Comments (4)
williefromwi
beautiful spotting, wonderful information on how it feeds.

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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Sea Stars of Southern Mexico
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 2, 2012

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