SPECIES: Common Biscuit Star (Tosia australis)
LOCATION: Rocky reef
CAMERA: Olympus TG4 (w/Sea Frogs housing)
SPECIES: Common Biscuit Star (Tosia australis)
LOCATION: Rocky reef
CAMERA: Olympus TG4 (w/Sea Frogs housing)
Tide on rise in late AM - high energy beach. Impressive large sea wrack on foreshore
Cropped from my 2nd to last submitted image from this dive. Rather busy frame, but three Subject sea stars are present. One at low L, and 2 at upper R. Those 2 appear to be grazing on the sponge (a rather large 'finger 'sponge, upper base of).
Of possible interest is the almost but not quite identical morphologies of the 3 subject individuals. (Within the considerable limits of image quality, admittedly).
Tosia australis is regarded by some taxonomists as a species complex, for many reasons including the fact that no two specimens seem to have identical patterns and colours, and noting the very wide range of the species as it is currently classified (AFAIK).
Low Tide Mid AM
On lower aspect of heavily shaded rock overhang in main channel of the Kaurna Heritage Tidal Fish Trap Pool.