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Unstalked comatulid crinoid

Credit: Rob Stewart NIWA/ Ocean Survey 20/20 Bay of Islands Coastal Biodiversity, Sediment and Seabed Habitat Project
Side view of the same specimen as above. Agryrometra mortenseni belongs to the Comatulida, the unstalked crinoids.