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In the backround-The Cape Grace, tailor-made experiences that include our sumptuous tasting menus, rare whiskey pairings, luxurious spa treaments, & indulgent Afternoon Teas.
and Mel in the backround! Hein told a funny story about when he was a kid, Oma was obsessed with decorating the tree. She would let the kids hang one little ornament each. Hein also likes to be the offical tree decorator now. He let the girls hang the ornaments, and when they went to sleep he took it all down and did it himself. Hilarious! Christmas is really about deception anyways, no ? Telling kids there is a Santa, guessing what presents are based on the box or the wrapping, etc...
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Protoreaster
Genus/species: Protoreaster nodosus
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: The backround body color is highly variable; may be beige, brown, orange, red or other hues, such as green or blue. Horn-shaped tall dark nodules are conical and arranged in a single row, radially on the dorsal (top) side. Most horned sea stars found are a roughly rigid five-pointed star-shape (occasionally 4 or 6) with tapering arms to the end.
Diameter up to 30 cm (12 in).
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Red Sea, Indian and western Pacific oceans. Found in shallow sheltered sand and seagrass beds.. Depth range Depth range 1 - 582 m (3.3 - 1900 feet).
DIET IN THE WILD: The mouth is located ventrally (bottom). The star covers its food, then pushes out its stomach from inside its body of prey. Sea stars have a unique adaptation for consuming bi-valve mollusks (oysters, clams, mussels, etc.). Stars insert a portion of their stomach into the small “gape” between the valves of a mollusk. Stomach enzymes are released and digest the fleshy part of the mollusk inside its own shell. The digested contents are moved back into the sea star leaving an empty bi-valve shell. P. nodosus prefers sponges, corals, clams and snails, other invertebrates; also opportunistic carrion feeders.
REPRODUCTION: P. nodosus is a broadcast spawner. As in other sea stars, fertilization is external. Eggs and sperm are stored in the rays and released simultaneously. Larvae look nothing like the adults. The form that first hatches from the eggs is bilaterally symmetrical and planktonic. Larvae eventually settle and transform into tiny sea stars.
PREDATORS: Triggerfish, pufferfish, boxfish and parrotfish.
CONSERVATION: IUCN Not Evaluated
REMARKS: The Chocolate Chip Seastars are also called “knobbly sea star” and the “horned sea star.”
The chocolate chip sea star can regenerate lost limbs, as long as the central disk of the body is intact.
References
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Mangrove Pop-Up, Main floor (level one) 2018
Ron's Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-1ml
Atlantic City Aquarium: www.acaquarium.com/animals/chocolate-chip-sea-star/
Encyclopedia of Life eol.org/pages/4704956/details
Georgia Aquarium www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal-guide/georgia-aquarium/hom...
Woods Hole www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/kamaral/SeaStar.html
Bishop Museum hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op11-8.pdf
Georgia Aquarium www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal-guide/georgia-aquarium/hom...
Reef Creature Identification, Humann and Deloach 2010, page 426
Marine Biology link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-008-1064-2
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/15010829781/in/set-7215...
1-23-13, 9-26-14, 1-9-17, 2-3--18
Tall Ships Parade, Fleet Week, New York Harbor, Hudson River, New York City, Empire State Building in Backround,
-NEW AVAILABLE FABRIC
-High Quality
-4 Way Stretch
-Purple(backround), Blue, White, Lilac
-Fishes are fairly big. Contact me for exact measurements
The following prices are made for this specific fabric. Please read carefully!
Mahina Bottoms: 1 for $20 or 2 for $35(with any other new material)
2 for $30(with any plain or older material)
Kekai Bottoms without scrunch: $35
Kekai Bottoms with scrunch:$40
Lehiwa Bottoms:$30(allowed to mix and match with plain colored or older fabrics)
Pulelehua Color Block Top: $5 extra to use in middle block w/scrunch or $30 to be used as main part of top(including any plain or older color as middle)
Anelalani Fringe Top: $50 including fringe(allowed to mix and match with any plain or older material)
Hinano Scrunch Top: $35
Backround by Smoko-Stock #38:
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Dragons by Daz Studio, Brushes by Obsidian Dawn