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Luidia maculata is a species of starfish in the family Luidiidae in the order Paxillosida.It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. [2] It is commonly known as the eight-armed sea star because, although the number of arms varies from five to nine, eight arms seems to be the most common.
Many of the food items were swallowed whole and had been ingested by the starfish everting its stomach and engulfing its prey. [4] It also buries itself in the substrate and engulfs "mouthfuls" of sediment, filtering it through its oral spines and extracting detritus and small organisms such as brittle stars .
The genus Linckia, as is true of other species of starfish, is recognized by scientists as being possessed of remarkable regenerative capabilities, and endowed with powers of defensive autotomy against predators: [citation needed] Although not yet documented, L. laevigata may be able to reproduce asexually, as does the related species Linckia ...
A starfish with five legs. Used as an illustration of "Hope in God", a poem by Lydia Sigourney which appeared in Poems for the Sea, 1850. An aboriginal Australian fable retold by the Welsh school headmaster William Jenkyn Thomas (1870–1959) [130] tells how some animals needed a canoe to cross the ocean. Whale had one but refused to lend it ...
Leptasterias aequalis, common names little six-rayed seastar or six-armed star, is a species of brooding starfish. [1] This is a small species, with a total width of only about 5 centimetres (2.0 in). The coloration is extremely variable. This seastar is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, [2] from Washington [3] to Southern California.
To really care for these fascinating eight-legged marine mollusks, you’ll need to ensure they’ve got enough space to swim, lots of live rock, a bed of sand, good quality water and live food ...
Like other sea stars, the cushion sea star is a slow-moving animal using its tube feet to move about, collecting or subduing the food items that constitute this omnivorous species diet, namely, algae, detritus, mussels and other invertebrates.
Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (from Latin ophiurus 'brittle star'; from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) 'serpent' and οὐρά (ourá) 'tail'; referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star) are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms ...