Starfish ID

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by Malarky, Sep 12, 2009.

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  1. Malarky

    Malarky Astrea Snail

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    I just brought home a button polyp coral from the LFS today and was very excited. Once I got it in the tank, I was disposing of the bag and paper towel that it was wrapped in. On the paper towel I noticed a very small starfish. It has a brownish body and 5 very thin yellowish legs coming from it. I tried to get pics of it, but its about 2 cms total (including legs) and can not get a focused pic to save the life of me. My first impulse is to just dispose of the little guy, but I am hoping this might be a good hitchhiker. Anyone have any idea of a starfish matching that description?
     
    Malarky, Sep 12, 2009
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  2. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    probably an asterina!! :)
     
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  3. Malarky

    Malarky Astrea Snail

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    I just checked out what an asterina looks like... I do not see any resemblance. My starfish's legs are skinnier and looks closer to a brittle star almost.
     
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  4. drew3

    drew3 Blue Ringed Angel

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    ya and asteria are way smaller go onto lionfishlair.com its a really good hitchhiker website
     
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  5. Malarky

    Malarky Astrea Snail

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    Awesome link, just bookmarked it.

    It looks like I have a mini brittle star. I went ahead and threw that bad boy in there. I am super excited about my new coral, I will try to get pics of it up soon.
     
    Malarky, Sep 12, 2009
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