It's on the bottom of the starfish because that is where the mouth and stomach are.
A starfish's mouth is on the center of its bottom side. Its stomach is directly behind the mouth after a short esophagus and extends a bit down its five arms.
The names of the two stomach's in a starfish are the cardiac stomach and the pyloric stomach. The cardiac stomach begins the digestive process when a starfish eats their prey whole.
The pyloric stomach is attached to the cardiac stomach. The pyloric stomach produces a digestive enzyme which breaks down food. After it breakes down food it distributes the food to each arm. It is also directly connected to the duodenum
Starfish are not mean they only turn there stomach inside out for food
Where is the anus in relation to the stomach of a starfish?
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Yes, the starfish pushes it's stomach out it's mouth then it opens and eats the food.
The lower surface of a starfish is technically called the ventral side. This is where both the mouth and stomach is located on the starfish.
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it helps it digest food
They don't have mouthparts. They exude their first stomach from their bodies and into the bivalves they commonly eat. This stomach digests the meat inside the shell and then is drawn back into the starfish to be further digested by the secondary stomach. The starfish is a predator of bivalves such as clams and mussels, but is known to scavenge as well.