2006-11-10 17:52:41 · 3 answers · asked by dazu_in 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
what the first person said, plus it's related to a starfish, if that helps you picture it...
picture at http://www.underwater.com.au/image.php/id/1131/
more if you do a google image search
it's also a quilt design.
2006-11-10 18:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by lee m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crinoids, also known as "sea lilies" or "feather-stars", are marine animals. They live both in shallow water and in depths as great as 6000 meters. Crinoids are characterized by a mouth on the top surface that is surrounded by feeding arms. They have a U-shaped gut, and their anus is located next to the mouth. Although the basic echinoderm pattern of five-fold symmetry can be recognized, most crinoids have many more than five arms. Crinoids usually have a stem used to attach themselves to a substrate, but many live attached only as juveniles and become free-swimming as adults. There are only a few hundred known modern forms, but crinoids were much more numerous both in species and numbers in the past. Some thick limestone beds dating to the mid- to late-Paleozoic are entirely made up of disarticulated crinoid fragments.
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2006-11-11 01:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by Love. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is like a star fish with a lot of feathery arms but i don't know how many they might be five arms like a regular starfish
2006-11-11 01:57:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋