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Sea Lilies and Feather Stars: Crinoidea - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Orange Sea Lily (nemaster Rubiginosa): Species Accounts, West Atlantic Stalked Crinoid (endoxocrinus Parrae): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET

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ORANGE SEA LILY (Nemaster rubiginosa): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
WEST ATLANTIC STALKED CRINOID (Endoxocrinus parrae): SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Sea lilies and feather stars live in the western part of the Pacific Ocean and on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.


Most sea lilies live in deep water, and most feather stars live on coral reefs. Both animals usually live on hard surfaces.


Sea lilies and feather stars eat plankton and waste. Plankton is microscopic plants and animals drifting in water.

Sea lilies and feather stars have no known importance to people.

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Sea lilies and feather stars eat with their feet. The food grooves are lined with tube feet organized into groups of three. The two larger tube feet collect large food particles, fold over, and place the particles in the food groove. Smaller particles stick to mucus on the animal's arm, and the small tube foot brushes these particles into the food groove.

Sea lilies and feather stars are not considered threatened or endangered.

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Sea Lilies and Feather Stars: Crinoidea - Physical Characteristics

Sea Lilies and Feather Stars: Crinoidea - Behavior And Reproduction

Sea lilies and feather stars stand upright in the water current and extend their branches so that their food grooves can catch plankton. Feather stars usually live in clumps, attaching themselves to crevices and other places in which they can hide most of their body. Most species come out at night, exposing part or all of their arms, or even the entire body. Sea lilies also live in clusters but be…

Sea Lilies and Feather Stars: Crinoidea - Orange Sea Lily (nemaster Rubiginosa): Species Accounts

Physical characteristics: Orange sea lilies are feather stars with twenty to thirty-five arms that are 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) long. They are bright orange with a black stripe along the top of each arm. Geographic range: Orange sea lilies live in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil. Habitat: Orange sea lilies live in shallow water attached to hard surfaces. …

Sea Lilies and Feather Stars: Crinoidea - West Atlantic Stalked Crinoid (endoxocrinus Parrae): Species Accounts

Physical characteristics: West Atlantic stalked crinoids (CRY-noyds) are sea lilies with a stalk less than 3.3 feet (1 meter) long. Each arm has eight branches. Hairlike fibers on a curved stalk anchor the lilies to the material on which they live. Geographic range: West Atlantic stalked crinoids live in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba. Habitat: West Atlantic stalked crinoid…

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