My A. forbesi

•Collected 8 total- 4 in GSO water table; 4 in tank in lab

–Small to medium size-all found on docks at Allen Harbor in Quonset

•Not found at any beaches or in any tidal pools-not rocky enough or deep enough, perhaps

–Beavertail

–Wickford Harbor

–NKTB

–Fort Wetherill

•Collected on 5/29/12

•6/6: one began growing lesions

–By the end of the day, all its arms had fallen off except 2 attached to the central disk

–Died by morning

•6/6: checked starfish at GSO: all were fine