A close-up mystery photo!
Can you guess what it might be?
[You can click on the image for a larger view.]
Those clusters of pink, finger-like projections are called papulae. They extend above this animal's skin and are sites for respiration (gas exchange).
And the answer is...
4 comments:
Beautiful. I love the close-up.
I would never have guessed that! Beautiful critter!
Hi Jackie! We have a question: how big is this star fish? Thank you so much!
Hello!
Thanks for the comments and questions!
Re: the size of the sea star. I didn't measure, but it was about the size of my hand with fingers spread out -- so perhaps around 16 cm (6 inches) across from arm tip to arm tip.
I hope this helps!
Jackie
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