...just scrape me up off the floor..outstanding pics JH!
lovin' the pic from underneath of the Anthius (?)...though the final pic of the tail of the rubromarchamacallit is probably my favorite :wink1:
Best of luck with the linkia that followed you home...lol
Phataria unifascialis (Gray 1840), the Blue Sea Star. Family Ophidiasteridae. To 7 inches in diameter. Eastern Pacific; Sea of Cortez to Peru and the Galapagos, rocky shores to 50 meters depth. Dorsal surface blue or tan with black pebbled lines, underside orange. Algae feeder. Galapagos pix below.