A sea lily (crinoid) pointed in the direction of the current. The arms of a sea lily are designed to capture food particles drifting by in the current. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 1876 meters depth on Kawio Barat submarine volcano on August 2, 2010.
Black Chrinoid
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010. Download larger version (jpg, 1.1 MB).
A sea lily (crinoid) pointed in the direction of the current. The arms of a sea lily are designed to capture food particles drifting by in the current. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 1876 meters depth on Kawio Barat submarine volcano on August 2, 2010.