{"id":691057,"date":"2023-10-20T11:38:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T06:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/?post_type=questions&#038;p=691057"},"modified":"2024-07-08T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:39:03","slug":"why-is-it-called-a-sea-lily","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/why-is-it-called-a-sea-lily\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is it called a sea lily?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":59,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"sea lily","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Why is it called a sea lily?","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The term \"sea lily\" is a bit of a misnomer because sea lilies are not actually lilies, and they don't live in the sea as we commonly think of it.","custom_permalink":""},"categories":[],"acf":{"question":"","options":null,"solution":"The term \"sea lily\" is a bit of a misnomer because sea lilies are not actually lilies, and they don't live in the sea as we commonly think of it. Instead, they are marine animals that belong to a group called crinoids. These creatures earned the name \"sea lilies\" because of their resemblance to the flower, but their similarity ends there.\r\n\r\nSea lilies are filter-feeding echinoderms, related to sea stars and sea urchins. They have a long stem-like structure, which is composed of many segments, and a flower-like structure at the top, known as the calyx. The calyx contains the feeding apparatus, including feather-like arms covered in tiny tube feet. These arms are used to capture small particles, such as plankton, from the surrounding water.\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-691061\" src=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sea-lily-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe name \"sea lily\" might have stuck because of the feathery appearance of their arms, which looks somewhat like the petals of a flower. 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