Temperate Atlantic Ocean, offshore Cape Hatteras. A dense bed of brittle stars can get their food from the water or bottom. Temperate Atlantic Ocean, offshore Cape Hatteras. Soft corals, crinoids and sea pens need a hard spot for attachment. Pacific Ocean, offshore Hawaii.
Delicate crinoid can orient towards the current to increase food capture.
Pacific Ocean, offshore Hawaii. Sea anemones clustered on a rocky slope off Hawaii. Pacific Ocean, offshore Hawaii. Feather duster worms, a type of annelid worm, and more specifically, tube- dwelling polychaete worms. Most of the worms' bodies are hidden within the tubes they have constructed.