Sea stars are classified as carnivorous consumers, primarily feeding on bivalves like clams and oysters. They are opportunistic predators, using their tube feet to pry open the shells of their prey. Additionally, sea stars play a crucial role in their ecosystems by helping to control the population of these bivalves. Their feeding habits contribute to the overall health and balance of marine environments.
A sea star is a consumer because it feeds on other organisms such as bivalves, snails, and small fish. It does not produce its own food through photosynthesis like a producer would.
Decomposer
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herbivorus
echinoderms.
A herbivore is the type of consumer that would eat only living sea grass in a coastal ecosystem.
describe the skeliton of the star fish
second level
endoskeleton i believe