A family of fossil crinoids (sea lilies), characterized by their bee-like or small rounded stem structures.
From Latin 'apis' (bee) and Greek 'keras' (horn) with the taxonomic suffix -idae, referencing the bee-like appearance of their calyx segments.
Crinoids look like flowers but are actually animals—Apioceridae roamed the oceans hundreds of millions of years ago, and some crinoid species still survive today in the deepest ocean trenches.
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