Seven arm Starfish

[Ct Midnite]

Ok, I took the little guy out and put him on a plate with water. I
think this will be much better.

As you can see he has 7 arms. Four large and three very short.

http://www.geocities.com/ctmidnite53/whatisit.html

I don't think he is a serpent starfish unless they go through quite a
change in appearance as they grow. I know the first picture wasn't
the best. I've seen little white serpents and they look like a small
adult.

This guy would like to go back in the water. :)

Ct Midnite

http://www.geocities.com/ctmidnite53/fish.html

[Pszemol]

This is small asterina. Check www.reefcentral.com for more info.

[Ct Midnite]

Thanks, I think that is exactly what it is.

Kind of a toss up whether it's harmful or not.

Ct Midnite

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:46:39 -0600, "Pszemol" >
wrote:

>This is small asterina. Check www.reefcentral.com for more info.


http://www.geocities.com/ctmidnite53/fish.html

[Teri G]

Ct Midnite wrote:

> Thanks, I think that is exactly what it is.
>
> Kind of a toss up whether it's harmful or not.
>
> Ct Midnite
>

Ct ~

We have several of these in our tank (you can see a pic of one on this
page: http://home.comcast.net/%7E76fxe/oddities.htm

Ours have never harmed anything in the tank. I know someone else had
mentioned one of these articles, but there is some interesting reading
on these critters both here:

http://www.reefs.org/library/article/little_white_starfish.html

and here:

http://www.reefs.org/library/article/coral_eating_starfish.html

Our tank is primarily sps, and I see these stars from time to time, but
they seem to mostly feed off of algae on the rocks.

HTH!

Teri
http://www.reefsanctuary.com

[Pszemol]

"Teri G" > wrote in message ...
> We have several of these in our tank (you can see a pic of one on this
> page: http://home.comcast.net/%7E76fxe/oddities.htm
>
> Ours have never harmed anything in the tank. I know someone else had
> mentioned one of these articles, but there is some interesting reading
> on these critters both here:
>
> http://www.reefs.org/library/article/little_white_starfish.html
>
> and here:
>
> http://www.reefs.org/library/article/coral_eating_starfish.html
>
> Our tank is primarily sps, and I see these stars from time to time, but
> they seem to mostly feed off of algae on the rocks.

Same for my stars - they seem to prefer algae as well:
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/ministars.html

[Marc Levenson]

I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)

Marc


Pszemol wrote:

> "Teri G" > wrote in message ...
> > We have several of these in our tank (you can see a pic of one on this
> > page: http://home.comcast.net/%7E76fxe/oddities.htm
> >
> > Ours have never harmed anything in the tank. I know someone else had
> > mentioned one of these articles, but there is some interesting reading
> > on these critters both here:
> >
> > http://www.reefs.org/library/article/little_white_starfish.html
> >
> > and here:
> >
> > http://www.reefs.org/library/article/coral_eating_starfish.html
> >
> > Our tank is primarily sps, and I see these stars from time to time, but
> > they seem to mostly feed off of algae on the rocks.
>
> Same for my stars - they seem to prefer algae as well:
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/ministars.html

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[Pszemol]

Yes Marc, they split this way.

I wish I had some of yours brittle baby stars pictured on your page with 100 ids.
They are very pretty too.

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
> I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
> split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)

[Marc Levenson]

I hope to take a picture of the striped ones I've got as well, but they never come out onto a good
spot!

Marc


Pszemol wrote:

> Yes Marc, they split this way.
>
> I wish I had some of yours brittle baby stars pictured on your page with 100 ids.
> They are very pretty too.
>
> "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
> > I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
> > split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)

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[Pszemol]

When I had mine (now they are for some reason extinct in my tank)
I noticed they like to come out when the water is calm at night.
When I was playing with my Lysmata larvae I was turning all pumps
off for 10 minutes or more and then, some day I forgot to turn them
back on and realised after 2 hours that the tank is too quiet...
Then I saw maybe 30 brittle stars crawling on the glass from the
substrate/rocks. Somehow they are intimidated by the water currents.

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
> I hope to take a picture of the striped ones I've got as well, but they never come out onto a good
> spot!
>
> Marc
>
>
> Pszemol wrote:
>
> > Yes Marc, they split this way.
> >
> > I wish I had some of yours brittle baby stars pictured on your page with 100 ids.
> > They are very pretty too.
> >
> > "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
> > > I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
> > > split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)
>
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>
>

[Teri G]

Here's a pic of an ophiactis brittlestar hitching a ride on the leg of
our blue Linckia:

http://home.comcast.net/~reeflady/hitch.jpg

Teri
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Marc Levenson wrote:
> I hope to take a picture of the striped ones I've got as well, but they never come out onto a good
> spot!
>
> Marc
>
>
> Pszemol wrote:
>
>
>>Yes Marc, they split this way.
>>
>>I wish I had some of yours brittle baby stars pictured on your page with 100 ids.
>>They are very pretty too.
>>
>>"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
>>
>>>I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
>>>split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)
>
>
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> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
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>
>

[Marc Levenson]

Great shot, Teri! Good eye to even notice the little guy. Got a bigger version of that I can keep on
my harddrive?

Marc


Teri G wrote:

> Here's a pic of an ophiactis brittlestar hitching a ride on the leg of
> our blue Linckia:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~reeflady/hitch.jpg
>
> Teri
> http://www.reefsanctuary.com
>
> Marc Levenson wrote:
> > I hope to take a picture of the striped ones I've got as well, but they never come out onto a good
> > spot!
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > Pszemol wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Yes Marc, they split this way.
> >>
> >>I wish I had some of yours brittle baby stars pictured on your page with 100 ids.
> >>They are very pretty too.
> >>
> >>"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
> >>
> >>>I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
> >>>split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
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> >
> >

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[Teri G]

Thanks, Marc ;-)

I should have a higher resolution pic around somewhere -- give me a bit
to dig it up. I bought a new pc a few weeks back, and burnt a bunch of
stuff to CD from the old one, so it's around *somewhere*. ;-)

Teri
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Marc Levenson wrote:
> Great shot, Teri! Good eye to even notice the little guy. Got a bigger version of that I can keep on
> my harddrive?
>
> Marc
>
>
> Teri G wrote:
>
>
>>Here's a pic of an ophiactis brittlestar hitching a ride on the leg of
>>our blue Linckia:
>>
>>http://home.comcast.net/~reeflady/hitch.jpg
>>
>>Teri
>>http://www.reefsanctuary.com
>>
>>Marc Levenson wrote:
>>
>>>I hope to take a picture of the striped ones I've got as well, but they never come out onto a good
>>>spot!
>>>
>>>Marc
>>>
>>>
>>>Pszemol wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes Marc, they split this way.
>>>>
>>>>I wish I had some of yours brittle baby stars pictured on your page with 100 ids.
>>>>They are very pretty too.
>>>>
>>>>"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
>>>>>split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)
>>>
>>>
>>>--
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>>>
>>>
>
>
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>
>

[Marc Levenson]

I appreciate you hunting that down for me. If it is too much trouble, don't worry about it. I did save the
little picture for now, because it is one of those one-of-a-kind shots.

Marc


Teri G wrote:

> Thanks, Marc ;-)
>
> I should have a higher resolution pic around somewhere -- give me a bit
> to dig it up. I bought a new pc a few weeks back, and burnt a bunch of
> stuff to CD from the old one, so it's around *somewhere*. ;-)
>
> Teri
> http://www.reefsanctuary.com
>
> Marc Levenson wrote:
> > Great shot, Teri! Good eye to even notice the little guy. Got a bigger version of that I can keep on
> > my harddrive?
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > Teri G wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Here's a pic of an ophiactis brittlestar hitching a ride on the leg of
> >>our blue Linckia:
> >>
> >>http://home.comcast.net/~reeflady/hitch.jpg
> >>
> >>Teri
> >>http://www.reefsanctuary.com
> >>
> >>Marc Levenson wrote:
> >>
> >>>I hope to take a picture of the striped ones I've got as well, but they never come out onto a good
> >>>spot!
> >>>
> >>>Marc
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Pszemol wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Yes Marc, they split this way.
> >>>>
> >>>>I wish I had some of yours brittle baby stars pictured on your page with 100 ids.
> >>>>They are very pretty too.
> >>>>
> >>>>"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I've got a few that only have 2 arms. I don't know where the rest of it went. Or maybe they
> >>>>>split to propagate and I'm seeing half.... :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--
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> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
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> >
> >

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