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Starfish can reproduce sexually and asexually.

Starfishare classified in the phylum Echinodermata, which include organisms like sea cucumers and sea urchans. This phylum is characterized by. along with other things, sexual reproduction where fertilization occurs externally. Starfish release sperm and eggs into the surrounding water. The sex cells fertilize in the water and a larvae begins to grow.

Asexual reproduction by starfish is called fragmentation or regeneration, and occurs when a piece of the sea star that contains part of the central canal will form an entirely new organism when broken off.

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