Starfish ID please!!

[ghstrider]

Anyone seen one one of these? I was told is some type of atlantic sand sifter...

http://s1030.photobucket.com/albums/y364/garcia751/?action=view&current=32a77953.jpg

 

[ghstrider]

anyone???

 

[mscarpena]

I have seen that for sale on liveaquaria.com before. I can not say I remember anything about it though.

 

[ginnboy]

i got some when i was in fla. a few years ago in Mexico Beach,they lived about a year in my tank.I never had a problem with them they would just stay in the sand untill I feed my fish then they would come out to feed. They were every good at keeping my sand stired up. I cant wait to go back to see if I can get some more.

 

[r_jay]

sand sifter, good luck with him, he looks nice

 

[LeslieH]

Astropecten articulatus, very common in the Gulf of Mexico, southeast US, and Caribbean. It will eat whatever it comes across in the sand particularly molluscs.

 

[ghstrider]

Should i consider my nassarius snails goners??