Starfish Challenge

[BillyZ]

I noticed a couple of these little critters crawling on a rock this morning. His actual size is apx 1/2 of an inch across. The colors on it are what have me completely confused. I have seen smaller, all white, starfish in my tank. I pretty sure those are just the astroidea. This little fella is a little bit bigger than those, and quite a bit more colorful!

Any thoughts? Google has failed me.

 

[Devilishturtles]

Looks like a green morph of [FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Asterina gibbosa. [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Much cooler than my white ones!
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[BillyZ]

It's certainly the same body type, but I couldn't find any pics with even a similar coloration. I have seen as many as 4 at a time this morning and they all had the same blueish color (didn't really notice the green until I took a close-up photo). and the same Red dot in the middle.

 

[roka64]

Asterina gibbosa » SlideShare
Slide 7, same pattern different color.

 

[melosu58]

Very nice picture Billy. Definitely an asternia I believe. Great looking one too.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

Not only great looking, but symmetrical! Seems like all mine have one odd ball arm sticking out from some weird place!

 

[cmor1701d]

Very nice looking specimin. Most of mine have a missing arm or two...and they are all white.

 

[usmcmarc]

I have one that is black with speckles and a few with some other colorations...but most of them are white.