Ocean Safari Blog

Crinoids, or feather stars, look like ferns or a bunch of feathers, but they are actually free-swimming marine invertebrate animals. Their feather-like arms are covered with sticky mucous and if you brush against them they stick to your wetsuit, gloves, hands, etc. and it is quite difficult to get them off. They are very pretty, especially when there are a few of them on a reef and have colorful anthias swimming around them.

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