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10/06/2017, 06:24 PM | #1 |
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sea star id
Richard, in my last shipment you included a sea star that I,m trying to id. it looks like a brittle star with for want of a better word, thorns all along the sides of the arms.it wraps around an object like a gorgonian and hangs on, never moving over days, idea's?
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10/07/2017, 08:39 AM | #2 | |
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cool critters...
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10/07/2017, 02:52 PM | #3 |
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not even close. I,ve had basket stars before. this is the size of the serpents, maybe 5" across. I may have to get a photo
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10/07/2017, 03:00 PM | #4 |
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searching online, some kind of spiny brittle star
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10/07/2017, 03:04 PM | #5 |
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picture would help....but sounds like a brittle star maybe...but usually they do not hang on gorgs....
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10/07/2017, 05:55 PM | #6 |
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10/07/2017, 09:23 PM | #8 |
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Ophiothrix spiculata ?? problem is this is a california species...
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10/08/2017, 05:05 AM | #9 |
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no Richard. it was in the bag with the other stars
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10/08/2017, 07:34 AM | #10 |
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Dan will know.....
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10/08/2017, 08:02 AM | #11 |
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yes, it came from him. great shipment btw.
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10/12/2017, 10:45 AM | #12 |
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We call them goldline brittle stars and they come from Tarpon Springs area . They hang on gorgs versus hiding under rocks in 30 foot of water or deeper most of the time .
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10/12/2017, 05:58 PM | #13 |
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thanks, don't know if I like it hanging on my coral, but it doesn't seam to be hurting it.
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10/13/2017, 07:41 AM | #14 |
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I think they have a symbiotic relationship in nature . In tanks the same . After a while it might cruise around at night then come home to its main place to hang . Lots of gorgonians displace their exterior to slough off algae thats starts to grow on them .
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10/13/2017, 06:09 PM | #15 |
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I will watch and enjoy, for now
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