What kind of starfish is this ?

[misty7850]

My son and girlfriend where walking the beach in Ormond yesterday and brought me these pictures. They said they must have thrown close to 100 of them back into the ocean, that had washed up on shore.. They kept a couple of dead ones they are going to preserve.. Anyone know what kind they are ?

 

[meanteen]

it looks like a sand shifting star fish but im not shure becouse sand shifting stars are usaly pure gray.

 

[ryanhayes9]

yeah my guess is some type of sand sifter

 

[meanteen]

i dont think its any type of tank tamed starfish.

 

[sinner's girl]

some sort of sea star...my book doesn't have an id. Maybe the Star Shark will know.

 

[ophiura]

It is Astropecten articulatus....see recent thread.
As an aside, definitely NEVER one, IMO, to add to a tank.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/209758/look-at-this-sand-sifter

 

[misty7850]

Thanks everyone for your replys.. I don't have one in my tank.. they threw all the live ones back into the ocean.. and like I said kept a couple dead one to preserve.