Hanchet singled out the discovery of "fields" of sea lilies that stretched for hundreds of yards across the ocean floor. "Some of these big meadows of sea lilies I don't think anybody has seen ...
The starfish, or asteroid, is part of a group of animals called the echinoderms or spiny skinned animals that also includes sea lilies, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. They are found in almost ...
There were the expected invertebrates - filter-feeders such as sea anemones and sea lilies - but some surprises, too. The star, undoubtedly, was the squat lobster seen climbing over the wreck.
Crinoids are a group of eerie, perfectly symmetrical creatures that include sea lilies and sea feathers. Sea lilies attach themselves to the ocean floor with a stalk, while sea feathers abandon ...