Hitchhiker Starfish ID Please

Elmo18 · 07-31-2002, 12:05 AM

A little while ago, I posted of an unknown starfish hitchhiker. So far, it has stayed where I first found it, in a small crevisce within a colony of Xenia. Now I just got my USB Flash reader so here are the best shots I could get of it, using a 3X magnifier on an out of date Kodak DC3200 1.0 MegaPixel Cam. So far I think I can count 6 different legs.

Here is the first.

The second pic I'll post as a separate image.

Thanks,
Elmo

Elmo18 · 07-31-2002, 12:06 AM

Second image. Both images were both taken at 1154x864 but resized down to 640x480.

saltjunkie · 07-31-2002, 03:36 AM

Those are just mini brittle stars, good guys...

That or they are the gigantic miniature octopi

**scubadude** · 07-31-2002, 08:44 AM

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Originally posted by saltjunkie
Those are just mini brittle stars, good guys...

That or they are the gigantic miniature octopi

LOL...gigantic miniature octo's ? haha...Elmo, i agree w/Rick...mini brittles...alot of ppl see the arms sticking out of rocks thinking they are worms. Nice star polyps

Elmo18 · 07-31-2002, 03:24 PM

Thanks for the ID Rick and Rocky.

Funny thing is it never seems to move anywhere. I can never get a glimpse of its central disc, just the arms waving. Oh those are Xenia polyps, but not the pulsing ones.

-Elmo

Reinhold · 08-01-2002, 04:22 PM

Take a look in your tank with a flashlight during the night. You may see a hundred of those small brittle stars. I never saw them during the day, but at night they crawled all over the LR.

07-31-2002, 12:05 AM	#1
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	Hitchhiker Starfish ID Please A little while ago, I posted of an unknown starfish hitchhiker. So far, it has stayed where I first found it, in a small crevisce within a colony of Xenia. Now I just got my USB Flash reader so here are the best shots I could get of it, using a 3X magnifier on an out of date Kodak DC3200 1.0 MegaPixel Cam. So far I think I can count 6 different legs. Here is the first. The second pic I'll post as a separate image. Thanks, Elmo

07-31-2002, 03:36 AM	#3
saltjunkie Governor Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 1,781	Those are just mini brittle stars, good guys... That or they are the gigantic miniature octopi __________________ I am not a failure! I have just found 10,000 ways to do it wrong! rlowride@hotmail.com http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg

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07-31-2002, 12:06 AM	#2
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	Second image. Both images were both taken at 1154x864 but resized down to 640x480.

07-31-2002, 03:24 PM	#5
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	Thanks for the ID Rick and Rocky. Funny thing is it never seems to move anywhere. I can never get a glimpse of its central disc, just the arms waving. Oh those are Xenia polyps, but not the pulsing ones. -Elmo

08-01-2002, 04:22 PM	#6
Reinhold Mayor Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 941	Take a look in your tank with a flashlight during the night. You may see a hundred of those small brittle stars. I never saw them during the day, but at night they crawled all over the LR.

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