The madreporic canal of a starfish is often referred to as the stone canal because it is a rigid, calcified structure that connects the madreporite, a porous plate on the starfish's body, to the ring canal. This canal plays a crucial role in the water vascular system, allowing seawater to enter and circulate, which is essential for locomotion and feeding. The term "stone" reflects its hardened, mineralized composition, distinguishing it from softer tissues.
They connect the radial canal to the ampullae in the water vascular system.
It depends what you're comparing them to. Here's a list some of the parts of a starfish: radial canal ring canal stone canal stomach reproductive glands digestive glands water vasculatory system optic cushion tube feet madreporite
Water comes into the system via the madreporite. It is then circulated from the stone canal to the ring canal and into the radial canals. The radial canals carry water to the ampullae and provide suction to the tube feet. The tube feet latch on to surfaces and move in a wave, with one body section attaching to the surfaces as another releases.
the stone canal connects the madreporite to the ring canal and the ring canal allows water to flow into the radial canals, just tubes...
It doesn't open because you have to find a starfish at the museum and then use it to put it on the offering stone. The starfish is on the face of Poseidon's statue.
that's easy it goes through the sieve plate, to the stone canal, then into the ring canal , to the radial canal and out the tube feet which are also used for respiration :)
A stone dwelling is typically called a "stone house" or "stone cottage."
The Illinois and Michigan canal connected Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River. It was used to transport grain, lumber, and stone.
'patthar' is stone.
Ken MacLeod has written: 'The stone canal' 'Dark light'
A person who makes idols from stone is called a stone sculptor or a stone carver.
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