No, the male and female release their gametes into the environment where they will meet oppositely sexed gametes. Although some species brood their eggs (sit on them) and one species i know of Leptasterias tenera broods the eggs in its pyloric stomach.
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sexually
A starfish can reproduce by mating with another starfish or asexually. Asexual reproduction is usually done after a starfish experiences dismemberment. The dismembered arm can grow into a whole new starfish.
Sex
Fragmentation.
Starfish are able to reproduce sexually and asexually. Asexually, the starfish are able to reproduce if part of the starfish's arm is removed, along with part of the central body. From that detached piece, another starfish will form, along with the first starfish regenerating a new arm where the original arm was located.
yes they do but they don't produce eggs they are split in half and both halfs grow new parts and that's how mine reproduced
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Starfish can reproduce asexually (by themselves) or sexually (with a partner). They use a process called fission to reproduce asexually, and in this process, simply stated, they break pieces of themselves off and that becomes their offspring. However, they do have sexual organs and if they find a mate they can create young with them. -Isabel
Starfish can live to be up to 20 years old. Some species are capable of sexual reproduction, and others can reproduce asexually.
A starfish protects itself by eating its predators.
Yes, they are genetically identical because starfish reproduce asexually, and therefore the genetic makeup of each one doesn't change.
yes, there are male and female starfish. they do not mate. they just release their gametes in the water and wait for the gamete of the opposite sex to fertilize it. some species of starfish can also reproduce through regeneration.