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Because brittle stars are very fragile. Interestingly, Brittle stars use this fragility to defend themselves by easily losing arm segments or even entire arms. This strategy works because they are also able to regenerate these lost parts. They use their brittle quality and regenerative powers, in a way similar to that of some lizards, who lose part of their tails to confuse, appease, and evade predators.Brittle stars, Ophiuroids, are echinoderms, closely related to basket stars and distantly to star fish, sand dollars, and urchins.
are brittle stars decomposers
often found living under rocks during the day. warm water not to cold.
On rocks or coral at the bottom of the ocean
Brittle stars crawl and basket stars do not move or crawl.
yes,brittle stars are cold blooded.
Some brittle stars breed asexually. Most brittle stars are either male or female however some species are hermaphroditic.
Some predators of the Brittle Star are: fish, crabs, hermit crabs, mantis shrimp, sea stars and other brittle stars. Brittle stars can regenerate limbs that are broken by predators.
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With there arms.
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One animal that eats brittle stars are banded shrimp. Some parasites of brittle stars include crustaceans, nematodes, trematodes, and polychaete annelids. Unlike other types of starfish, brittle stars are usually not parasitized by annelid worms.
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Yes they do.
Sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.
Brittle stars or ophiuroids. These are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish.