crinoids in aquaria

[Dave <David.Meyer@xxxxxx>]

There are two locations where comatulid crinoids are or have been kept in
public aquaria:  a number of years back, the Noumea Aquarium in New
Caledonia kept comatulids on display under fluorescent lighting, but I have
never visited there and do not know if this is current.  Second, the Sea
Aquarium of Curacao in the southern Caribbean has numerous comatulids on
display.
    Stalked crinoids were shipped from Jamaica to the Shedd Aquarium in
Chicago by Mike Labarbera and Tom Baumiller, and the crinoids apparently
survived well until they were accidentally placed in low-salinity water. 
This is the only inland aquarium I know of that has kept crinoids.

Dave Meyer
Dept. of Geology
Univ. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA