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Starfish
Also known as sea stars, these echinoderms are 2,000 species strong and found in seas and oceans all over the world. They can vary in size from less than half an inch to more than four feet across.
1,388 Questions
Where do candy cane starfish live?
Candy cane starfish are known to live in various parts of the Indian Ocean. They can also be found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is a starfish's main food source?
Their main food sources would be clams, sand dollars, oysters and mussels.
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Is boiling a starfish required to keep it?
Keep it for a decoration? I generally have in the past boiled them, then allow to dry in the sun. Then I paint them and they don't smell. You don't have to boil them if they are already dead though, boil if they are alive then that kills them so they can dry out properly.
How the starfish is a marvel of divine design?
If cut into pieces each piece grows into a new starfish.
Praise and glory Be to evolution!
Which type of plant life are found in a starfish habitat?
seaweed is something you might find in a starfishes habitat.
What is the difference between a male Sea star and a female Sea star?
sea star males don't give birth only the females
Can a starfish turn its stomach inside out?
The Starfish pushes it's stomach out through its mouth and slips it into a small crack in the molluscs interior and the digestive juices get to work and the job is done.
Can a starfish and a lobster share the same habitat?
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How can you tell if a starfish is male or female?
you have to cut open one of it's legs and put some reproductive stuff under the microscope and see if there is egg cells in it This is true i did it in science a week ago
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What acts like suction cups and help sea stars move and feed?
Tubefeet acts like suction cups and help sea stars move and feed.
No. There is no hard, inflexible exoskeleton. The starfish skin has hard protuberances called ossicles, in the form of small plates and spines, which offers most species some protection.
The only way a starfish can become smaller is through extreme starvation, disease, or losing one or more arms to a predator. In many starfish, the arms will regrow.
What is the unique characteristics of a star fish?
It is an animal- which typically reproduce using meiosis- which can use mitosis to duplicate itself if a limb is detached.
Which starfish gives birth to live young?
There are only three seastars in the world that give birth to live young. One of these is the tiny endangered Tasmanian Live bearing Seastar. All other seastars give birth to eggs which become free swimming larvae.
What is a red knobbed starfishes niche?
Just as many other species within the Echinoderm class the Protoreaster Nodos (Linkii)'s, also known as the Red Knob starfish, main niche is to control the population of anemones, corals, urchins, shrimp, crabs, fish, and other sea creatures small enough for them to eat.
