February 5, 2021: Crinoid

A crinoid - potentially a new species in the Family Thalassometridae - clings to a black coral on the West Florida Escarpment. Seen during the Gulf of Mexico 2014 expedition.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploration of the Gulf of Mexico 2014. Download larger version (jpg, 1.7 MB).

A crinoid — potentially a new species in the Family Thalassometridae — clings to a black coral on the West Florida Escarpment. Seen during the Gulf of Mexico 2014 expedition.

From: Highlight Images.