Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle. v. 3 1849 - Atlas (Zoologie-Botanique)Paris :Chez les editeurs MM. Renard, Martinet et cie, rue et Hotel Mignon, 2 (quartier de l' 30cole-de-Mdecine) ; et chez Langlois et Leclercq, rue de la Harpe, 81 ; Victor Masson, Place de l'Ecole-de-Mdecin1847-1849 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19539085The ethereal grace of the #echinoderm class #Crinoidea is beautifully apparent in this #bhlib illustration biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19539085
This crinoid was kept in a tank at Birch Aquarium (San Diego, California) and it's probably any tropical indopacific species, not necessarily native of California.It's the only time in my life that I see a non-fossil crinoid, so I need desperately a specific ID. The aquarium staff told me the genus, but after two years of asking from time to time about the species, I didn't received replies anymore.