Is this a starfish?

Probably a dumb question but is this a starfish thats regenerating its whole body?

Yep. Nice colours on that arm.

Alex

As long as there's a portion of the central disk still attached some species can regenerate from a single leg. Pieces like - known as comets - are so common it seems to be a deliberate shedding of the leg for asexual reproduction rather than being the left-overs from a predator's meal.

Pieces like - known as comets - are so common it seems to be a deliberate shedding of the leg for asexual reproduction rather than being the left-overs from a predator's meal.

I had a starfish in an aquarium which did this quite regularly. I used to explain to people it was making friends for itself B)

When I first saw it lying on the bottom I thought it was a gecko arm ... It is really small.