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Close-up of unstalked comatulid crinoid

Credit: Rob Stewart NIWA/ Ocean Survey 20/20 Bay of Islands Coastal Biodiversity, Sediment and Seabed Habitat Project
A close-up view of Agryrometra mortenseni showing the cirri that are used to anchor the animal onto the substrate.