Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk in their juvenile form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms, called feather stars or comatulids, are members of the largest crinoid order, Comatulida. Wikipedia

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In the Antarctic? Surely it’s a a Great Old One, ready to unleash Shoggoths upon us all.