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May 25, 2021: Crinoid

This crinoid, sometimes also called a feather star, was observed perched on top of a dead coral stalk on an unnamed seamount in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument during the 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi expedition.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016. Download larger version (jpg, 887 KB).

This crinoid, sometimes also called a feather star, was observed perched on top of a dead coral stalk on an unnamed seamount in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument during the 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi expedition.