> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Echinodermata](Echinodermata.md) **Subphylum**:: Crinozoa **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Crinoidea **Subclass**:: Articulata **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Comatulida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Comatulidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Davidaster **Species**:: D. rubiginosus **Vernacular**:: Golden crinoid ## Photos  *[108 - 2023-02-25 - Kay Maréchal - Saint Pierre - Martinique](108%20-%202023-02-25%20-%20Kay%20Maréchal%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Fixed to a sponge. We can see antenas in the sponge's osculum that belongs to somes [Stenopus hispidus - Banded cleaner shrimp](Stenopus%20hispidus%20-%20Banded%20cleaner%20shrimp.md). Also an hydrozoa, maybe Pennaria disticha, on the left side background of the crinoid.*  *[110 - 2023-02-26 - Jardins Precheur - Saint Pierre - Martinique](110%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Jardins%20Precheur%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Fixed on another specie of sponge, with two [Stenorhynchus seticornis - Yellowline arrow crab](Stenorhynchus%20seticornis%20-%20Yellowline%20arrow%20crab.md) crabs*  *[110 - 2023-02-26 - Jardins Precheur - Saint Pierre - Martinique](110%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Jardins%20Precheur%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - One of my favorite picture of that journey in Martinique. Association between the Golden crinoid and the Callyspongia plicifera* ## Notes Very photogenic animal, indeed! Mostly found on porifera ## References - https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246784#images - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Davidaster-rubiginosus-Comatule-doree-3002/(rOffset)/2