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Brittle star--hiding in plain sight...


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Long ago I was lucky enough to get some banded brittle stars as hitchhikers on a ric rock. Naturally, all I usually see of them is undulating arms sticking out of the rock. A few days ago I noticed one "hiding" between a ric and the front glass (red arrow):

 

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These guys stay pretty small (it's only a 5.5g tank), and as you can imagine the picture taking conditions were less than ideal in this location, but I did my best. In some of the following you can make out its mouth and tube feet:

 

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Just wanted to share!

 

--Diane

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