Sunday, January 20, 2008

Reef A

In the lower center is a white brittle star. To see it better click on the photo to make it larger. There are many of these brittle stars in both reefs. However, it is more common to see only a couple of arms protruding from holes in the reef.
They are desirable for a couple of reasons: they will feed on detritus and they produce many larvae which will mostly go to feed the filter feeders.

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