comatulae

Updated: July 8, 2026

At the latter, the first cast of the large dredge was made on a ledge of shoals in a depth of eighty fathoms, and, among countless other things, a number of stemmed crinoids and comatulae were brought up. An ardent student of the early fossil echinoderms, it was a great pleasure to Agassiz to gather their fresh and living representatives.

Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz - Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence