Comments on: Photos: Rare Starfish Found on PCB Florida Shore https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/ You Heard About It On TheCount.com! Fri, 12 Aug 2016 22:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: jan stahmer https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-286348 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 22:30:00 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-286348 I visited Cape San Blas two weeks ago. I used a net and captured about eight starfish.
I was told they were dying and that is why they were floating to the shore. I let them dry and brought them back to Virginia. There is still an odor. I am so pleased to have found them. I love treasures from the ocean and these are definitely a great find.

]]> By: Debbie https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-286295 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 18:42:00 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-286295 We just came back from gulf shores and we found the exact same kind!

]]> By: Samantha https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-286184 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 23:01:00 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-286184 This past weekend I went to PCB, didn’t see any there. However, we stopped at St. George Island on our way home. We went to the state park located on the island. There were at least 10 of these washed up on the shore. Some appeared to have been ate. Some were whole. But none of them moved or seemed alive. However, at the time I did not know much about star fish until I got home and googled. Haha. But I also could not find any information on this star fish. Your post is the only thing that I have found. I find it very bizarre.

]]> By: S Todd https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-283799 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:07:00 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-283799 In reply to Laura Barnwell Zarboni.

Actually, these are not rare (per se) – their name is Luidia Alternata – Stripe Sea Star, and they live in both the Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico waters, as far south as the Caribbean. Its not often we have the treat to see them on shore because they live deep & it requires more of a surge to loosen them. But she did exactly the right thing in taking him out & throwing him into the water. When they wash ashore, they are usually still alive. Thanks for sharing your story.

]]> By: Laura Barnwell Zarboni https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-282270 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:49:00 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-282270 I found a dead one tangled in sea weed in PCB, he was dead so I brought him home. He’s hanging on my sea-net with all the other things we have found at the beach. Even after he dried completely he still has the black stripes on him. Mine the legs look much longer but not as fat around.. he’s about 18” wide with his legs all slightly curled to the left on the ends. I have looked and looked and can’t find a ID on him either

]]> By: Laura Barnwell Zarboni https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-282271 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:49:00 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-282271 In reply to unoloquito.

No there black stripes

]]> By: Gracie p https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-281316 Thu, 22 May 2014 15:12:00 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-281316 We found him too! In the PCB shore this morning!

]]> By: 'Preacher Jay https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-152496 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:53:05 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-152496 forget the starfish.. I want to see more pictures of lisa :)

]]> By: 'Preacher Jay https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-83892 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:58:35 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-83892 forget the starfish.. I want to see more pictures of lisa :)

]]> By: Matee https://thecount.com/2011/05/21/photos-rare-starfish-found-on-pcb-florida-shore/#comment-81323 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:28:41 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=31456#comment-81323 Check that off the list of thigns I was confused about.

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