Indian brittle star - Fromia indica

Hairyduck · Post by **Hairyduck** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:52 am

from a not too often seen angle

Nikon D200, 105mm macro, 27mm extension tube. Starfish is around 40mm in diameter from tentacle tip to tentacle tip

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:45 pm

I like the colors & texture that you captured here. Cool shot.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:58 pm

A very interesting photo Kev

Certainly a different view and one that has opened my mind to possibilities on just how colourful some of my echinoderm fossils might have looked when they were alive. I'm thinking particularly of blastoids and crinoids. Although the relationship is remote, they exibited the same 5 part symmetry as sea stars and brittle stars.

Thanks for posting it.

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:21 pm

Never seen one of these before, well not a fresh specimen up close like this. Usually its the starfish in a jar full of formaldehyde or the perserved starfish in a packet that I am most accoustomed to and to think I spent 21 yrs. in the navy and never met a real starfish.

Beautiful image Kev

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:39 pm

Beautiful Starfish, the colors are fantastic

love those blue neon tubefeet

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:29 am

Very nice and pleasant. Kev!

Do you have it in your aquarium?

I'll give a try to my µ (mju) 720 SW underwater on my next vacation.

Hairyduck · Post by **Hairyduck** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:37 am

cheers for the nice comments.

Macroluv: Yes it's in my aquarium, I've got one of the mju 720's, they're good little cameras, they take some getting used to underwater especially in the waterproof housing too!