Data from: Predation on feather stars by regular echinoids as evidenced by laboratory and field observations and its paleobiological implications

• Main Authors: Stevenson, Angela, Gahn, Forest J., Baumiller, Tomasz K., Sevastopulo, George D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: feather star; echinoid; predation; crinophagy; macroecology; macroevolution; Pacific; Porcupine Bank; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.124358; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6gj58

Among extant crinoids, the feather stars are the most diverse and occupy the greatest bathymetric range, being especially common in reef environments. Feather stars possess a variety of morphological, behavioral and physiological traits that have been hypothesized to be critical to their success, es...