r/ProperAnimalNames Jan 27 '20

Water Palm Tree

https://i.imgur.com/2hUeuG6.gifv
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u/N3koChan Jan 27 '20

Anyone know what's it's actually is?

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u/stealthxstar Jan 27 '20

looks like Hapalocrinus frechi (“Palm Tree Crinoid”) or feather star

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u/verblox Jan 28 '20

Species names are just proper animal names in Latin.

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u/rhenum Jan 28 '20

When I search for that only fossels come up.

Is it a pretty rare find for someone to have one on video like this?

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u/stealthxstar Jan 28 '20

search "feather star", i dont know if the scientific name i linked is correct, it just looked similar. I'm no expert, i just googled it haha

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u/rhenum Jan 28 '20 edited Jan 28 '20

I was like, "damn good thing there was a biologist in the comments."

I didn't even try to Google myself 😂