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So we got this beautiful sea
star about six centimeters

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across. And and if the folks on
shore could chime in about what

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kind of sea star this is.
Perfect zoom. Yeah we might

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need to phone a friend on this
one there. Yeah phone a friend.

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So the animal that you just saw,
that has literally never been

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seen other than the holotype.
Wow. Um that is it's a rare

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species called Laetmaster spectabilis. Last time it was

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seen was off Cuba. But this is
the first time I think this has

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been seen in a probably a
hundred years. Wow. I have no

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idea what -- I don't think we ever
even knew what colour it was

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alive. So it that was
fantastic. That's the, I think

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one of the holy grails of of
Atlantic Deep Sea Starfishes.