Pest or Guest?

[Autonomy]

Three surprises in one go. From the looks of it I've ended up with two different sea stars, but what species are they? Basket stars maybe? and for the third surprise, is it a slug, cucumber or ? Should these three hitchhikers be considered pests or guests?


http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/Autonomy_Forever/media/IMG_0011_zpsca3ebe92.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/Autonomy_Forever/media/IMG_0008_zpse87f88e2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2

[Autonomy]

I'm still learning when it comes to Photobucket and uploading images onto forums. The above attempt wasn't successful so I thought I'd give this a try instead. Hoping it works.
What are they and should I consider them to be 'pests' or 'guests'?

http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/Autonomy_Forever/media/IMG_0008_zpse87f88e2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3

http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/Autonomy_Forever/media/IMG_0015_zps05edc8f2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1

http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/Autonomy_Forever/media/IMG_0011_zpsca3ebe92.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2

http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/Autonomy_Forever/media/BasketSeaStar_zps58c8a92c.png.html?sort=3&o=0

PS: any tips and steps on uploading images would be a bonus.

[AZBigJohn]

I am certainly not a hitchhiker expert, but if you post these in the "New to the Hobby" forum's "hitchhiker" sticky, there are a ton of them there.

When you upload a picture to photobucket, click on the "IMG" link in the "links" section on the photo page. Then click on the icon that looks like a postcard in the post tools, and paste the link you copied from photobucket. The picture then will show up inside your post, without having to click out of the post to see it.

[Autonomy]

Thanks so much for the help, tips and advice!

[MrKris]

First one looked like a sea cucumber
The second and third one looks like a crinoid (feather sea star - perfectly fine, but supposedly can die easily; i would say otherwise)

All should be good unless I'm mistaken...