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lkania
01/17/2014, 10:11 AM
I noticed this creature that comes out when the moonlight is on...anyone know what this might be? I took a video but couldn't post that, so I just have a screen shot. It just kind of sways in the water and looks like it catches debris. It doesn't detach itself from the liverock.

downbeach
01/17/2014, 10:18 AM
From what I can see, it looks like the leg of a mini brittle star, a good neighbor.

See Ophiuroidea here:

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml