CRINOIDEA

‖Cri‐noid″e‐a (krī̍‐noid″ē̍‐ȧ), n. pl. [[NL., from Gr. κρίνον lily + -oid: cf. F. crinoïde.]] (Zoöl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.