Asterina star eggs?

[A Young Reefer]

I have been noticing a few asterina stars popping here and there on my tank tanks glass. Today I observed a set of reddish eggs on my torch (had it for over year), with a astetina star on top of them. Makes me wonder could it be asterina eggs?

 

[Jekyl]

Asterina don't lay eggs as far as I know.

 

[A Young Reefer]

Asterina don't lay eggs as far as I know.

That’s what I know too. I came across a thread on another forum claiming that they do and that they look similar to AEFW.
Any ideas what those could be?

 

[eleslie3]

Asterina Starfish reproduce by dropping one of more legs

 

[ScubaFish802]

Doesn't look like flatworm eggs either - https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/euphillia-eating-flatworms-eggs.878864/

 

[Jekyl]

@vetteguy53081

 

[WheatToast]

Spionid worms?
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/id-spionid-worms-how-do-i-get-rid-of-them.370022/
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/what-is-this-little-critter-help.940955/

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Asterina don't lay eggs as far as I know.

That’s what I know too. I came across a thread on another forum claiming that they do and that they look similar to AEFW.
Any ideas what those could be?

Asterina Starfish reproduce by dropping one of more legs

Asterinid (family Asterinidae) starfish, including starfish from the genera Asterina and Aquilonastra (they're separate genuses within the same taxonomic family), do in fact lay eggs (see the link at the bottom of this post) - though fissiparous reproduction (dropping legs to reproduce) is the most commonly used form of reproduction for Aquilonastra spp. in our tanks.

Some species of Aquilonastra stars are broadcast spawners with buoyant eggs, others have sticky, demersal eggs that would attach to substrate like is shown in the pictures (though I doubt these are Asterinid eggs in the photos; I'm inclined to agree with WheatToast that these may be Spionid worms).

Life history diversity and evolution in the Asterinidae

Abstract. Asterinid sea stars have the greatest range of life histories known for the Asteroidea. Larval form in these sea stars has been modified in assoc

academic.oup.com

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have been noticing a few asterina stars popping here and there on my tank tanks glass. Today I observed a set of reddish eggs on my torch (had it for over year), with a astetina star on top of them. Makes me wonder could it be asterina eggs?

Pics too red to see eggs but they reproduce by dislocating a leg and that leg becomes a star and that star breaks off a leg and so forth