Hitchhiker on organ pipe

[Anonymous]

I brought this home from Tropicorium. The organ pipe was mostly dead, but I gave them a couple bucks for it cause there was lots of other life on it. Anyone know what this is? Maybe some sort of anenome or basket star?
Thanks, Dan

Sorry for the pic quality

[This message has been edited by DKKA (edited 11 April 2001).]

[This message has been edited by DKKA (edited 11 April 2001).]

 

[Anonymous]

Looks alot like a basket star. If it is congrats. Cant beat that for a couple bucks.

 

[Anonymous]

cool

 

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure it is a basket star, but it looks pretty small and so hard to tell. The 'arms' look too soft, more like feeding tentacles of something. Can you describe any behavior? Basket stars should come out and perch in the current. There is a good image of one here:
http://www.oceanicresearch.org/jpegs/basketstar2.jpg
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