The Crinoidea, a class of marine echinoderms, have long captivated palaeontologists as one of the most enduring and diverse components of the marine fossil record. Their evolutionary history spans ...

The ocean floor is home to a menagerie of odd and peculiar creatures. Now, armed with a remote controlled vehicle, researchers in the South China Sea have discovered another. During surveys from the ...

Gerard Troost (1776-1850) was a Dutch paleontologist and geologist who came to America in 1810. In 1831 he became State Geologist of Tennessee. His special interest was the crinoid class of the ...

Researchers have detailed the bizarre-looking species of crinoids known as the Antarctic strawberry feather star. The free-swimming organisms which mostly live in warm waters are spotted to have an ...