Sea Star
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Topic: Sea Star
Posted By: WingNut
Subject: Sea Star
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 12:04am
You like?
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 7:20am
What a beauty!
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Posted By: Andreason
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 9:00am
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WOW! ------------- Andreason's |
Posted By: Dion Richins
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 9:04am
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Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 12:37pm
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That's a beauty! What's the genus and species? ------------- Sean Spargur West Valley, UT |
Posted By: WingNut
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 7:05pm
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Genus? Species? Ummm.... uhhh.... i like it because it's pretty. ------------- W. Nut 210 Gallon Reef with Fish 50 Gallon Sump/Refugium ASM G-3 Skimmer Korallin Calcium Reactor 1502 Barracuda Sequence Reeflo Pump Lights.... Camera... Action |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 11:03pm
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Good answer.
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Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: May 03 2008 at 11:11pm
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It is a Astropecten articulatus, Royal Sea Star http://oceanica.cofc.edu/TRCH-Echinos/web_Seastars/page01.htm - http://oceanica.cofc.edu/TRCH-Echinos/web_Seastars/page01.htm Abstract FOOD OF THE SEA-STAR ASTROPECTEN ARTICULATUS HARRY W. WELLS 1, MARY JANE WELLS 1, and I. E. GRAY 1 1 Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina The stomach contents of 124 Astropecten articulatus have been identified and discussed. This starfish ingests great numbers of small sand-dwelling organisms. Ninety-one species of invertebrates were recovered, of which 73 were molluscs. The gastropods Acteocina candei, Natica pusilla and Olivella mutica comprised over 60% of the animals recovered. Astropecten articulatus apparently ingests whatever animals or shells it encounters. Because it effectively samples tiny fauna of offshore sand bottoms, its use is recommended as a collection tool for the study of this community. ------------- Want to Talk Chemistry ! http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=112 - The Reef Chemistry Forum |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: May 03 2008 at 11:29pm
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Thanks Boomer!
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Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: May 04 2008 at 11:40am
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