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Brittle star

Description:

Mostly purple, has some pale spots on its central body disk.

Habitat:

Tide pool

1 Species ID Suggestions

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi 13 years ago
Ophiura sp


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4 Comments

Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion, Patricia. Do you have any sources that I can look at to confirm the genus?

BlueFerns
BlueFerns 13 years ago

Wonderful find! Good luck on catching the octopus next time!

Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago

It was definitely a good day of spotting. Apparently I missed out on finding an octopus, however: a family had seen one, but by the time I got over to the place, it was gone. Even so, the tide pools were full of life, it was wonderful.

CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 13 years ago

I want to visit your tide pool! Fantastic sea inverts!

Latimeria
Spotted by
Latimeria

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 8, 2011
Submitted on Feb 26, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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