Small whitish starfish reef safe?

[Anonymous]

I found a small white/cream starfish with some specs of brown on it on a new piece of Gulf rock. It is about a half inch across and is slightly pimply.It has a similar shape to the reticulated sea star.

Is it reef safe?

 

[Anonymous]

I missed the Shimek articles at first. It seems I have that possible algal/detrius grazer.

The next quetion is...will my shrimp(lysamata ambionesis)eat him?

 

[Jawbone]

Since we are on starfish I just pulled this out of my tank because I think it looks like Astroidea as in the hhfaq but cant be sure. Do you possibly know

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

The pic posted looks like an Asterina sp. seastar.Many of these eat corals.Harlequin shrimp will eat these stars if they are a problem in your reef tank.