Have you ever wondered what that itsy bitsy starfish is doing in your tank? The sneaky starfish probably hitchhiked its way in on some live rock or new coral, but now there are dozens of small grayish starfish roaming your tank. It’s…
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What you should know about the Crown-of-Thorns starfish
Acanthaster planci, more commonly known as the Crown-of-Thorn starfish, is a voracious predator which feeds on stony coral polyps. The starfish gets its name from the toxic thorn-like spines covering its body, which resemble a biblical “crown of thorns”. The…
COTSbot seeks and destroys invasive Crown of Thorn starfish
The Crown of Thorns starfish (COTS) has been a destructive force on reefs for years. They eat coral and reproduce like mad. Humans have been fighting this creature and now have a new robotic “terminator” helping with the cause. Researchers…
Sand-sifting Starfish: A Job (too) Well Done!
If you’ve ever shopped for a marine aquarium cleanup crew, you’ve probably noticed that these packages often include so-called sand-sifting starfish—rather bland-colored, burrowing stars of the genus Astropecten that can reach about a foot in diameter. As their common name…
Friday Smorgasbord: Starfish, weird fish and sea foam
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Smorgasbord where we have some fun, wacky and weird news to share with you. First off is some stunning macro photography from photographer Alexander Semenov. We’ve seen his amazing work before and now…
Friday Smorgasbord: Glowing shrimp, alien worlds, Kraken family reunion, environmental games, die starfish die, and kamikaze baracuda
Another Friday and another fun installment of the Friday Smorgasbord. First off is the way cool glowing shrimp we found on NatGeo. The deep-sea shrimp Parapandalus has bioluminescence capabilities and actually hurls a glowing cloud of organic matter to confuse…
Starfish digestion video proves these slow moving inverts are not so innocent
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/45154593[/vimeo] The only thing potentially better than living comfortably between two shells, happy as a clam, is living in a tight cluster as a mussel. That is until your defenses are turned against you. The slow moving Pisaster…
Proto-Octopus discovered in Southern Seas
If you were dying to know how shallow water octopus migrated to the deep sea, wonder no more. A group of researchers travelling around the world to record and investigate new life a-la-Darwin have discovered a whole new menagery of…
Rare Bongo shrimp want to eat your starfish
The Bongo shrimp, Phyllognathia ceratophthalma, is a rare relative of the Harlequin shrimp that has just started being imported this year. These tiny crustaceans might reach up to 1″ long and they are devout predators of Asterina starfish and micro…
Jumbo Jellyfish discovered in Antarctica, among others
Who would have thought there would actually be life in Antarctica waters? Scientists have found giant Macroptychaster sea stars in Antarctic waters. They also found jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and those sea stars pictured above are about 2 feet wide.…
