SEA STARS (sometimes known as Star Fish)
Echinoderm - Invertebrate - Omnivore
Echinoderm - Invertebrate - Omnivore
GRANULATED SEA STAR
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Male: Cock
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Female: Hen
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Young: Chick
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SEA STARS
There are over 2,000 species of sea stars.
There are over 2,000 species of sea stars.
- Eat mussels, clams, small fish, snails, barnacles, limpets, sponges and sea anemones.
- Are also known as star fish, but this is incorrect as they are not fish.
- Can be found in warm and cool regions and are present in all the oceans.
- The number of arms on a sea star can vary - the majority will have five arms located evenly around the body and some may have many more - the sun star has up to 40 arms.
- Can regenerate a lost arm.
- Can be found in a variety of colours, shapes and sizes.
- Do not have gills, scales or fins.
- Have poor eyesight, but they do have an eye spot at the end of each arm, sensing mainly light and dark.
- The main predators are birds, sea otters and human beings.
- Some live in small groups.
Visit: Sea Stars . COLLECTIVE NOUNS
HORNED SEA STAR
SUN SEA STAR
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SOLOMAN ISLANDS SEA STAR
CALIFORNIAN GIANT SEA STAR
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