A squat lobster (right) sitting next to a crinoid (left).
Lobster and Crinoid
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico Expedition 2012. Download larger version (jpg, 1.0 MB).

A squat lobster (right) sitting next to a crinoid (left). This crinoid waved to us with its long, feathery arms as the ROV Little Hercules was about to leave bottom. Crinoids are quite nimble, some are even known to uproot themselves and walk along the seafloor!

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