STARFISH
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Sand Starfish - Estrela do Mar (Spanish) • Starfish on beach
CLASS ASTERIODEA
Starfish, the Asteroidea, are the symbol of marine life. Every seashore has them, they live attached to rocks, or they crawl on the sand. They live up in the intertidal zone or out in the depth of the ocean.
 | E-1660 ORANGE STARFISH, Echinaster spinulosus, a handsome reddish-orange starfish with white spots. Exhibits several color phases within the species. Unlike the Atlantic Asterias, Echinaster is a well behaved, compatible member of the aquarium. Extending its eyecatching, vivid orange tubed feet, it propells iself gracefullly over the bottom and ascends the aquarium walls. It never burrows into the sand, and outlasts all other starfish. One of our most popular specimens. Size: 5-10 cm. Each: 10.00 |
 | E-1670 GRAY SAND STAR, Luidia clathrata, a large, flattened gray starfish that buries down into the sand. Using its highly modified, pointed tube feet, it glides over the bottom with great agility and relative speed, pouncing on sand dollars, brittlestars and small snails. Luidia is among the most primitive of all living starfish. Size: 10-14 cm. Each: 10.00 |
 | E-1671 POINTED SAND STAR, Astropecten articulatus is a study in biological symmetry. It glides rapidly over the sand, raised up on its tubed feet feeding on minute gastropods. It hovers above a snail, drops its entire stomach out, engulfs it, and continues sliding along looking for more. With no anus, the mouth serves a dual purpose. Each: 10.00 |
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