Can anyone identify this creature?

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wlecyt40

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My wife and I took pictures of this but no one has ever seen this before. Our DM in Cozumel had no idea and he was born and raised here. Spoke with Mickey Charteris and he had told us before to send him pictures if it was something out of the ordinary. He said he has no idea what it is. Seen on the Termientos reef in Cozumel.
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Not eaten away by acidic seawater, but yes, I'd agree, it looks like a starfish missing some legs.
 
We see them like that all the time up here in Pacific NW . The giant Sunstars are endangered , and it is acidic waters unfortunately , that guy probably got eaten ...
 
Sea star wasting disease is a pathogenic infection that seems to be exercabated by elevated sea temperatures.

 

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