weird looking starfish?

[chainsaw5vent]

what are these misshaped tiny starfish? they have 6 legs (or nubs for legs), whitish in color and i know that i did not put them in the tank knowingly.
are they safe? i know that i don't like them.
how can i get rid of them??

 

[mlm]

How big are they? Can you get a picture?

 

[tjkohler]

Are they about 1 centimeter in diameter and live in your sand bed? I'll try to look up the name, but these things are good for your DSB. If you want to get rid of them of course I'll take them .

 

[chainsaw5vent]

they live wherever they can crawl(?) to in the tank. live rock, sand, plumbing, glass, etc. the largest one that i've seen is nearing 1/2 in diameter. but there's too many to count and those are the ones that are not hidden by the l/r.

 

[new]

i just asked this same question and NM gave me a link that says they are harmless but does say that there may be several different species of them. look under "baby starfish id" for the link, it is in this forum.