Crinoids And Relatives

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Antedon mediterranea

USNM 1411123 (holotype) Johnson Sea-Link II 3698, West of Little Bahama Bank, 27º04.0652'N, 79º19.2923'W, 582 m, 29 July 2009.Crown and upper stalk.

Lateral view.

Natural History Museum, London, cat. no. 1937.2.25.24 TYPE

Comissia parvula, type specimen, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, Siboga Exped., cat. no.  V.ECH.C 1335, oral pinnule comb.

Natural History Museum, London, cat. no.81.10.10.151 (scale mm)

Natural History Museum, London cat. no. 1938.5.9.1-3 Paratype

Aghia Pelagia, Crete, Greece

San Lorenzo al Mare, Liguria, Italy

Tinongko, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bare Island

Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mba, Western, Fiji

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.

Sabah, Malaysia

A member of the feather star family, this species looks a bit like an urchin from a distance

Kampong Pasir Ris, North East, Singapore

Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore

Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia