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Crinoid - Himerometra robustipinna Crinoid - Himerometra robustipinna, sometimes known as Featherstars. The name comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They usually host other small critters like shrimps, squat lobsters and clingfishes. Cebu,Crinoid,Himerometra robustipinna,Malapascua,Philippines Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Crinoid - Himerometra robustipinna

Crinoid - Himerometra robustipinna, sometimes known as Featherstars. The name comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They usually host other small critters like shrimps, squat lobsters and clingfishes.

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    Beautiful!

    I actually have a ton of ancient crinoid fossils from my area!     Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
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      That's nice.
      Did you post them as your Spottings? Would be interesting to see them :D       Posted 7 years ago
      1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
        Flown Kimmerling
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        I didn't even think to do that!

        Unfortunately, they are in boxes right now! We are preparing for a move, so I don't have them out! I'll try to get some shots soon!         Posted 7 years ago
        1. View Albert Kang's profile
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          No rush, JD will still be here when you are settled down at your new place to take the pics.

          Here are some of my fossil spottings :

          Fossilised Giant Clam This was a huge Giant Clam fossil stuck in the ceiling of a cave. The size of the Giant Clam is around 1 meter. The altitude where the cave is located is around 100 masl, so you can imagine thousands of years ago, this cave system was under the sea! Davao,Fossil,Geotagged,Giant Clam,Philippines,Spring


          Fossilised Teeth of Megalodon Shark This is a fossilised teeth of a Megalodon Shark - Carcharodon megalodon.<br /> The size of this teeth is around 15-16 cm with the biggest teeth recorded was around 18 cm.<br /> <br /> Megalodon Shark is supposedly the biggest Sharks ever lived on earth, up to 15 meters in length.<br /> <br /> This fossilised teeth was seen at D'Bone Museum in Davao, owned by a personal friend from US.<br /> He found the teeth when in US. C. megalodon,Carcharodon megalodon or Carcharocles megalodon,Davao,Fossil,Fossilised Teeth,Geotagged,Mindanao,Philippines,Shark,Spring,Teeth
           Posted 7 years ago
  3. View Mark Ridgway's profile
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    Is that free-swimming Albert !? Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
      Albert Kang
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      No, this was was clinging on to a whip coral, have seen them free swimming many times, usually prefers to take videos of that. Posted 7 years ago

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The Strong Arm Crinoid

''Himerometra robustipinna'' is a species of crinoid belonging to the family Himerometridae.

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Similar species: Feather Stars
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Jun 17, 2018. Captured May 2, 2018 14:54.
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  • TG-5
  • f/2.8
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 4.5mm