Dive 16: Fossil Feud
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Download larger version (mp4, 83.2 MB).

This video shows grazing and predation by cidaroid sea urchins on stalked crinoids, also known as sea lilies. This interaction has long been hypothesized and occasionally observed, but not extensively documented, making our observations during Dive 16 that much more interesting and exciting.

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