Species group · Crinoids
Sea Lilies
WAnimals has 2 species of sea lily, spread across 2 families (Antedonidae, Isocrinidae).
- 2 species
- 2 families
- 32 countries
- 50 parks
- Length
- 5 cm – 50 cm
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of sea lilies on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 32 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Al Hoceima1 species
- Alonissos y Esporadas del Norte1 species
- Archipielago de Cabrera1 species
- Arcipelago Toscano1 species
- Arrábida1 species
- Asinara1 species
- Beydağları1 species
- Brijuni1 species
- Burren1 species
- Cabo de Gata-Níjar1 species
- Calanques1 species
- Calzada del Gigante1 species
- Amorgos (pecio Le Grand Bleu)diving
- Bahía de Kotordiving
- Bodrum (pecio del avión)diving
- Cabo de Creusdiving
- Cabo de Gata-Níjardiving
- Cabo de Palosdiving
Did you know…
It is an echinoderm, a relative of the sea stars and urchins, though its flower-like appearance gives nothing away.
From Rosy Feather-star
It swims by beating its arms alternately in a surprisingly graceful motion, something no other echinoderm does.
From Rosy Feather-star
If a predator tears off an arm it regrows it completely, and it can shed arms deliberately to escape.
From Rosy Feather-star
Stalked crinoids dominated the seabed through the Palaeozoic and formed veritable underwater forests whose remains make up entire beds of limestone; today they survive in deep water.
From Japanese Sea Lily
Despite the stalk, it is not fixed for life: it can detach and crawl slowly across the bottom to a better spot, something only filmed in recent decades.
From Japanese Sea Lily
Its stalk is made of stacked discs that come apart when it dies and turn up as fossils shaped like coins or screws.
From Japanese Sea Lily