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Originally Posted by toms
I have had a white sand sifting star in my tank for well over a year. He came (mail order) with four legs. I figured he put a leg where he wasn't suppose to and lost it. The only problem with that idea is that the 4 legs are 90 degrees apart from each other forming a perfect "X". There has been no sign of another leg growing. I can't seem to find any references to 4-legged sand sifting stars.
Maybe I have some kind of mutant. |
That happens. I've seen it in Linckia sp. too. Nothing "missing" just came to being with 4 (or even 6) legs.
Sand stars are pretty good at regenerating lost limbs, fromias are too. Linckias don't seem to fare that well with regenration, at least in captivity from what I've seen but more or less "legs" happens quite frequently.
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