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Stalked crinoid

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(Zool.) any crinoid having a jointed stem.

See also: Stalked



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The stalked crinoid spends most of its time sitting and catching food with the flowerlike wheel of feathery arms that have earned it and its relatives the nickname sea lilies.
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rotundus may not even represent all members of the stalked crinoids, the class to which the species belongs.
 
 
 
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