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Fat Sea Star

Thromidia catalai

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Description:

One of the biggest sea stars in the world.

Notes:

I spotted this sea star at around 30 feet, and it was humongous! In the 2nd photo, that's my fin on the left of the starfish.

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echinoblog
echinoblog 11 years ago
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Thromidia catalai


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8 Comments

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

interesting...

Noah Ranger
Blogie
Blogie 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID, echinoblog!

Noah Ranger
Blogie
Blogie 12 years ago

Thanks, Nicholas! I just wish I knew its name...

Nicholas4
Nicholas4 12 years ago

Very pretty, as usual, brother!

Noah Ranger
Blogie
Blogie 12 years ago

Thanks, Marta, but I couldn't find the sea star mission...

Noah Ranger
The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

Nice! post it in the Sea Stars mission :-)

Noah Ranger
Blogie
Blogie 12 years ago

It was positively hale :D

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

Quite plump, isn't it?

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Davao Del Norte, Philippines

Spotted on Jan 22, 2012
Submitted on Jan 22, 2012

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