Basket Star


Posted by ChrisRoss on Thu Feb 02, 2017 7:06 pm

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Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus

From a dive at "The Leap" a few weeks back.  The Basket star tends to stay in one spot, at night it will extend its arms to catch passing plankton. 

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 MkII + 60mm macro: Nauticam housing, 2x INON strobes.

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by Tom Whelan on Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:51 pm
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Love all those curling tentacles/arms - neat details. How many arms does it have?
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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:04 am
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Hi

Neat shot although I have no idea what the creature is lol


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