I have a saltwater tank and I was watching my brittle star and I noticed a black thing was starting to come out his mouth area. I thought it might be crap buit then it started moving. Is that his tounge?
2007-07-02 18:19:07 · 4 answers · asked by Brittany 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
No, they don't have tongues.
2007-07-02 18:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by pinpinmoo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some info about them I found
http://joshday.com/brittlestar.htm
http://www.marinecenter.com/inverts/starfish/greenbrittlestar/
http://www.lostmymarblz.com/42gal-featherstar.htm
http://www.reefland.com/forum/saltwater-fish-only-aquariums/21225-brittle-star-dangerous.html
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
Here is another site with their anatomy
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookDiversity_9.html
2007-07-03 01:25:17 · answer #2 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i was thinking no, but now you have me interested *click star*
2007-07-03 03:38:04 · answer #3 · answered by michael_j_p_42503 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-07-03 04:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by Spencer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋