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Brittle Starfish
Ophiothrix sp.
A Brittle Starfish climbs up an orange Rope Sponge at night.
Brittle stars are nocturnal creatures, and remain hidden in
coral crevices during the day time.
Roatan, Honduras (night) |
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| Sea Facts:
Starfish have the ability to
regenerate a lost limb entirely. In fact some starfish can
actually regenerate a new individual from an arm alone.
Starfish have no hard mouth parts so they extrude their
stomach to feed. |
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