Source / 来源: 讲解手册/珍奇柜-活化石展签五审_0923.pdf Page / 页码: 37 Material / 材料类型: exhibit_context Text extraction / 提取方式: native Source transcription; wording is retained as supplied. OCR may contain recognition errors; consult the PDF/image. 来源转录;保留原展签措辞。OCR可能包含识别误差,请核对PDF或图像。 海百合 延续至今的“海中花朵” 海百合并不是植物,而是一类古老的棘 皮动物,与海星、海胆等是近亲。它们具 有从身体中央向外伸展的羽状腕,腕上 密布细小分枝,可以展开成花朵般的形 态,从水流中过滤浮游生物和有机颗粒 作为食物。今天仍生活在深海中的海百 合保留着许多祖先特征,与远古化石惊 人相似。 Crinoidea The “Flowers of the Sea” Surviving to the Present Crinoids are not plants but an ancient group of echinoderms closely related to starfish and sea urchins. They possess feather-like arms extending outward from the central body, with numerous small branches along the arms. These structures can spread out into a flower-like shape and capture plankton and organic particles from the water as food. Modern crinoids still living in deep-sea environments retain many ancestral features and show remarkable similarities to ancient fossil crinoids.