SEA STARS (sometimes known as Star Fish)
Echinoderm     -     Invertebrate      -     Omnivore
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GRANULATED SEA STAR
Male:  Cock
Female:  Hen
Young:  Chick
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
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HORNED SEA STAR
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SUN SEA STAR
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SOLOMAN ISLANDS SEA STAR
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CALIFORNIAN GIANT SEA STAR