Neocrinus decorus
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Description: English: A garden of sea lilies (Neocrinus decorus) on a ridge in 420 m (1,312 ft) of water. The sea lilies bend away from the current, which moves from lower front right to upper rear left, but flex their feathery arms back into it. Bioluminescence 2009: Living Light on the Deep Sea Floor. Date: 21 August 2002, 09:27:43. Source: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bioluminescence/background/messing/messing_fig_4_600.html. Author: C. G. Messing. Image courtesy of Bioluminescence Team 2009, NOAA-OER.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Crinozoa (crinoids and relatives)
- Crinoidea (sea lilies and feather stars)
- Articulata
- Isocrinida
- Isocrinina
- Isocrinidae
- Isocrininae
- Neocrinus
- Neocrinus decorus
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- C. G. Messing. Image courtesy of Bioluminescence Team 2009, NOAA-OER
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