Help me identify this starfish

[mosheikh]

I found a starfish in one of my corals. I now have it in a container. Its about the size of a quarter, hairy legs, and a red colored body.

 

I couldnt get a great picture, but here it is.

 

Is it reef safe?

[Guest Siders]

Could it be.....micro stars(courtesy of floridapets.com)

Edited February 27, 2005 by Siders

[Guest D33rex]

Could be a baby linkia.

[Guest reverai]

Could it be.....micro stars(courtesy of floridapets.com)

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Those are mini brittle stars. They won't grow much beyond the size you have. They've good to have as they help keep a tank clean as they will eat whatever the fish and snails do not.

 

Steve

[craby]

I had a baby red brittle star fish about that size come on some live rock. It grew to about the diameter or a baseball, then died after 2 years. Very cool color, and I noticed that mine would lighten to pink & then darken to burgandy every few months.

[flowerseller]

so Luke,

Are you saying that it was that time of the months?

[Lee Stearns]

would bet on micro stars- very common and very good additions as cleaners. They will multipy in the reef tank. The reddish color throws a kink in the positive ID- but you can see it better than the picture, and the micro stars that I have see all look like the picture next to the dime.