Basket Star
Elbert Greer:
I know the one at Hol Chan...south side of the channel ,right?
It walks around at night. Folds up during the day to a tight ball, you wouldn't believe how small he can make himself.
It gets smaller than a tennis ball and attaches to a sea fan or other soft coral. A very strange creature. It eats things at night that drift by in the current. From the Star fish family.Its been there for years always on that side of the channel but sometimes i see it towards the end where we cross over the cut. This is a good shot of a very rare creature Peter, good show.
Photo by Peter Jones of Protech Belize
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