{"id":7877,"date":"2022-02-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/2022\/02\/22\/il-giglio-di-mare\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T10:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T08:47:44","slug":"the-sea-lily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/en\/2022\/02\/22\/the-sea-lily\/","title":{"rendered":"The sea lily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The sea lily is not a lily and not even a plant. It is a crinoid, similar to starfish, very rare and 490 million years old. With a particularity: the sea lily of the Mediterranean helped to build the Dolomites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The sea lily is actually not a lily and not even a plant. It is a marine animal known as a crinoid<\/strong> and has a stem<\/strong> that is rooted in the seabed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stem is anchored to the ocean floor for most of the time by one foot and has the characteristic of a real root. Which allows the sea lily to cling to the bottom even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the top of this stem there is a circular center, known as a chalice from which several branched and feathered arms branch off and float in the water surrounding the sea lily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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