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Bookmark or Share- Crinoidea - Digital Atlas of Ancient LifeCrinoids, like other members of the phylum Echinodermata, are exclusively marine animals with pentaradial symmetry and water-vascular systems. Though some groups have lost the stalk in adult forms, crinoids are considered to follow the stalked, radial morphology, as the stalkless forms are derived from stalked ancestors.
- Charles Messing's Crinoid Pages: Home - Nova Southeastern UniversityThis website outlines current understanding of living crinoids: their structure, classification, and ecology.
- What is a Crinoid? - WorldAtlasPopularly known as sea lilies, crinoids are sea creatures related to the starfish, brittle stars, and sea urchins. There are about 700 species of crinoids known to humans. Some of the crinoids have a “stem” while others lose their stems when they grow older.
- Crinoid - WikipediaCrinoids are passive suspension feeders, filtering plankton and small particles of detritus from the sea water flowing past them with their feather-like arms. The arms are raised to form a fan-shape which is held perpendicular to the current.
- Crinoids - British Geological SurveyCrinoids are marine animals belonging to the phylum Echinodermata and the class Crinoidea. They are an ancient fossil group that first appeared in the seas of the mid Cambrian, about 300 million years before dinosaurs.
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