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Starfish's skeletons are much smaller and they are shaped like a star.

Starfish are invertebrates, meaning that they do not have have backbones or the bones to which arms and legs are attached on the human skeleton.

AnswerStarfish have hydrostatic endoskeletons made of hard, bumpy, spiny ossicles. They are invertebrates, meaning that they do not have a backbone or spinal cord. Their skeletons require water to function, hence the name hydrostatic. Humans have bones made of different materials, and they have joints, unlike starfish. STARFISH DO NOT HAVE EXOSKELETONS. They are Echinoderms, not Arthropods.
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Starfish (Asterias Forbesii)

have an endoskeleton meaning there skeleton lays on the inside of their body's.

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Describe the nature of starfish skeleton?

Starfish are invertebrates, but they do have any endoskeleton comprised of calcareous ossicles. These ossicles are connected together by a mesh of collagen fibers.


Why does it not need skeleton of the starfish?

A starfish does not have a skeleton because it doesn't needs it.


What are differences shrimp and starfish?

Crayfish have an external skeleton and starfish have an internal skeleton relying on a water vascular system for movement.


What bony plates make up a starfishs skeleton?

The bony plates that make up a starfish's skeleton is the ossicles. They are found in not only starfish but sea cucumbers and sea urchins also.


What bony plates make up the starfishes skeleton?

The bony plates of a starfish are made up from calcium carbonate. When the starfish dies, the skeleton usually denigrates and nothing remains except for the oral disk.


Does a starfish has a vertebrate?

Nope - they lack any internal skeleton - and so are invertebrates.


Is starfish a vertebrates?

No. A starfish has a hard shell and its inside is only organs. To be considered a vertebrate the starfish would need a spine and an internal skeleton (not to mention a head). They are, therefore, classified as invertebrates.


What Objects in nature that have geometric shapes?

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What type of skeleton do starfish have?

For a body plan, a starfish has 5-part radial symmetry, spiny skin, internal skeleton, water vascular system, and suction cup-like structures called tube feet.


What is a skeleton a example of?

jellyfish worms starfish sea urchins coral sea anemones


What bony plates make up starfish skeleton?

It is the ossicles :)


Why is a starfish not a fish?

Starfish (Sea stars) are echinoderms, a type of spiny animal.