A fact from Davidaster discoideus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 September 2012 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the orange sea lily and the beaded crinoid conceal their bodies in crevices while they extend their arms to filter feed? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/September.

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"(Carpenter, 1888)": and thereby hangs a tale, worth noting in the article. The reference is to P.H. Carpenter, "Report upon the Crinoidea collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76" (1888). A link to the Challenger expedition and an explanation of Carpenter's multiple synonyms are missing essentials in this article. -- Wetman ( talk) 21:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC) reply