''Culcita schmideliana'', commonly known as the spiny cushion star, is a species of pin-cushion star. It has a variety of base colors and often patches of a different color. It is pentagonal in shape and lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific. This species is rarely kept by hobby aquarists.
Similar species: Valvatidan Sea Stars
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Uploaded Jul 3, 2020. Captured Mar 10, 2019 10:42.
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Lots of sci-fi movies gets their inspirations from underwater scenes including Avatar. Posted 5 years ago
Yea, in the early days when I first started diving, there's sometimes thought of doing that, but we were always advised against touching anything underwater. And this is a sound advise and practise. In this instant, the sea star has spines, might not hurt someone touching it seriously though.
But it is really bad to touch corals as they are fragile and may die or get damaged. Some soft corals have defensive mechanism and the mucus they exudes may cause irritation or in some cases, burns and rashes.
Worse are the stinging hydroids and fire corals, the rashes may last for weeks and sometimes may even recur after months! Posted 5 years ago
But the world on the surface is not less fantastic! However, we observe it daily and are accustomed to it, but for most of us, the underwater world is completely unknown. Posted 5 years ago