COMATULA

‖Co‐mat″u‐la (?; 135), n. [[NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.]] (Zoöl.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; — called also feather stars.