An eight-legged starfish found off the coast of Cornwall has gone on display at an aquatic centre in Newquay.
The creature, which was discovered in a crab pot near St Agnes, is said to be twice the size of normal spiny starfish, which usually have five legs, the BBC reports.
It is now available for viewing at the Blue Reef aquarium and those who have booked Cornwall holiday cottages may wish to take a trip to see the unique feature.
Spokesman for the aquarium David Waines described the starfish – which is around 12 inches long – as “really strange”.
“Normal spiny starfish have five legs and don”t get much bigger than six or seven inches across,” he told the news source.
Mr Waines added that this specimen is much larger than usual and seems to be made of “two individual starfish which are somehow joined together”.
Those wanting to go and see the animal may wish to note that entry to the Blue Reef aquarium is £8.95 for adults, while family tickets can be purchased from £26.
Posted by Matt Smith
Update – as the more eagle eyed of you may have noticed, we don’t have a pic of the 8-legged starfish. But what we do have is a design team with literally seconds to spare.
So here is what the real creature might (but probably doesn’t) look like.
