Crinoid on a coral reef. Crinoids feed by filtering food particles from the water using their feathery arms, the hairs of which pass food to a central

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Crinoid on a coral reef. Crinoids feed by filtering food particles from the water using their feathery arms, the hairs of which pass food to a central mouth. They inhabit shallow and deep waters across the world's oceans. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt.

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Photo credit: © GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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