Sea Stars (aka Star Fish)

The biologist in me has to be "politically" correct and call them Sea Stars as they are not fish. They are actually in a group of animals called Echinoderms (Latin meaning spiny skin). These are a couple new specimens we got in at the public aquarium that I work at. The orange one is a little bigger than a quarter. Sorry, but I am currently unsure of the species.

Thank you for looking
Chris

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DANFLO747 wrote in post #9413851
fantastic color

gjl711 wrote in post #9414175
Nice pics, very colorful critters

Morlow wrote in post #9415373
Those are beautiful. They look like they glow in the dark!

blackhawk wrote in post #9415383
Very pretty, and strange.

Thank you

redrocket wrote in post #9415966
what kind of lighting do you use?? awesome color!!!!

These are under a bank on T5's 3 10000K and two actinic. I did use a flash as well. Pics are taken through the surface of the water witha tube that I built that goes over the lens. Thank you

Flo wrote in post #9417821
Beautiful species...

Holster wrote in post #9423116
beautiful images. i love the sharpness and the color

kayl wrote in post #9425165
Great shots!

The second one appears to be Fromnia star or variant thereof

Thanks for the kind compliments.
Chris

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