{"id":2111,"date":"2022-06-03T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2111-astroboa-ernae.html"},"modified":"2022-06-03T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T12:23:00","slug":"astroboa-ernae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2111-astroboa-ernae.html","title":{"rendered":"Astroboa ernae"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:2771 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1904-_MG_1287-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nOf all the strange creatures that keep their own secret lives in the waters of Southern Australia, Erskin\u2019s Basket Star is up there in the realm of \u2018oh wow\u2019!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs a starfish, and more specifically, a \u2018brittle star\u2019 they resemble some weird brain-like structure. <br \/>\n<br \/>\nAbout the size of a pair of clenched fists they hide their true strangeness, a sight rarely seen, when at night and in strong currents they completely unfold that intricate structure in a vast feeding web.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI have never seen a basket star feeding. A logistically challenging night dive combining both strong currents and remote locations would be required. Something I am up for but not to be undertaken lightly.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOn this dive off of Troubridge Point, Edithburgh we found three of the fascinating creatures, all bundled up and waiting for the cover of night.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#AstroboaEernae #basketstar #brittlestar #edithburgh #troubridgepoint #southaustralia #scuba #diving #monochrome #blackandwhite #underwater #photography<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of all the strange creatures that keep their own secret lives in the waters of Southern Australia, Erskin\u2019s Basket Star is up there in the realm of \u2018oh wow\u2019! As a starfish, and more specifically, a \u2018brittle star\u2019 they resemble some weird brain-like structure. About the size of a pair of clenched fists they hide &#8230; <a title=\"Astroboa ernae\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2111-astroboa-ernae.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Astroboa ernae\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}