Baby Starfish??

Jammerwocky

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Could this be anything else besides a baby starfish???

I'm so excited, and really hope it is!

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It looks like an Asterina starfish to me - it's probably full size or just about full size (it looks like it might have some growing room on some of its legs still, but that's about it).

Edit: They're a common hitchhiker, and they're know to reproduce like crazy (some people consider them pests because of their reproduction, others think they might eat corals - if they do, it might be a species specific thing or a "you have too many asterinas and should probably remove some" thing).
 
They are considered a hitchhiker that some claim can eat zoas…they will multiple quickly and you will which you did not keep them,…I had a couple and within a week or so there were 50 where it got out of hand and could not keep up…they will eat coralline algae quickly…
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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