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| A key lime colored crinoid by Frederique Jaffeux, South Ari Atoll in the Maldives |
This week, some brightly, eye-jarring crinoids in mind-blowing
COLOR! What are crinoids, aka feather stars? They are echinoderms that hold their feathery arms up in the water and pick food out of the current as it flows through/past them!
Want to learn MORE about crinoids? Visit this awesome site by Dr. Chuck Messing!
Purple and white feeding fan of a feather star from the Maldives!
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| Image by Bil Stohler |
Here-some brightly colored blue feeding structures called pinnules are seen on the arm...
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| Image by mimimoyer |
A gorgeous crinoid from Okinawa withdrawn into itself
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| By Okinawa Nature Photography |
A stunning green crinoid from Okinawa.
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| By Okinawa Nature Photography (Shawn Miller) |
Stunning orange..
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| Image by Henry and Tersia. Borneo. |
Black and White on a red sea fan.
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| Image by Randapex |
Macro of Blue
Oxycomanthus arms. fr. Bali.
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| Image by Arne Kuilman |
Blue crinoid in repose fr. Indonesia.
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| Image by Courtney Platt |
Black & White Crinoid from the Philippines
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| Image by Mona Dienhart & Chris Lebas |
There is a fish in this picture! Can you spot it?
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| Image by Arne Kuilman |
A crinoid in a lovecraftian pose!
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| Image by Eddy Wong |
3 comments:
These are quite simply stunning. I love that red/orange one!
This is a fantastic blog, entertaining and educational, please keep it up!
Black & white cronoid. Do smb know latin name?
I have the same pic from Philipines and I try to identify it.
sorry I don't!
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