hyocrinid
HY-oh-krin-id
Definition
A type of deep-sea stalked crinoid (sea lily) belonging to the family Hyocrinidae.
Etymology
Derived from the Greek 'hyos' (a swine, likely referencing a physical resemblance) and 'krinon' (a lily), combined with the taxonomic suffix '-id' used to denote a member of a biological family.
In the news
The article uses hyocrinids as a point of comparison to demonstrate the range of tube foot sizes found in living species, noting that these deep-sea stalked animals have larger tube feet than the fossil specimens described.
In the entire 485-million-year fossil record of sea lilies, only one fossil had ever been found with the tube feet the animals catch their food with, and a pair of crushed specimens from a Quebec quarry has now produced the second and oldest case, at about 452
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