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
SYAC: It’s a new species of feather star, aka an adult sea lilly.
cool.
In the Antarctic? Surely it’s a a Great Old One, ready to unleash Shoggoths upon us all.
More like a Great Cold One (bah-dum-tss)