I used to love to go to the Aquarium of the Pacific and interact with the starfish. Starfish, or sometimes they are called sea stars, are beautiful animals that can be a variety of colors, shapes and sizes, although all resemble a star.
Although starfish live underwater they are not fish. They do not have scales, gills, or fins like fish and they move very differently from fish. You see fish propel themselves with their tails but starfish have these cute, tiny tube feet to help them move along the surface. According to National Geographic there are about 2,000 species of starfish who live on the seabed in all the world’s oceans. They live in both the tropics and frigid polar waters and can be found from the intertidal zone down to abyssal depths, about 20,000 ft, below the surface. Talk about versatile.
According to Soft Schools starfish are related to sand dollars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. Starfish vary in size. They usually have five to ten inches in length and weigh up to 11 pounds and can survive up to 35 years in the wild.
Yes, it is true. A starfish can regenerate lost arms. And since a starfish has most of their vital organs in their arms, some can even regenerate an entirely new starfish from just one arm and a portion of the star’s central disc. It takes about a year for an arm to grow back. That is pretty cool!
People wonder if a starfish can see? I can tell you they do not see in much detail but can sense light and dark with an eye spot at the end of each arm. This is a very simple eye that looks like a red spot.
Have you ever seen a starfish? Share your thoughts in the comments. Would love to hear from you.
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I’ve never seen a starfish up close, just with images. Never knew they lacked gills although they’re classified as fishes. Nice writeup!!
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Yes, starfish are pretty cool. Definitely check one out if you get the chance. I hope you can someday soon. They may not feel like you would expect. The are hard on the top and their feet feel like a bristle brush. It sort of tickles when they walk across your hand.
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Hi Troy,
Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures to us.
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My pleasure. Hope you learned something. They are amazing creatures.
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Wow. they are so amazing and breathtaking. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing this article with us.
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Yes indeed they are amazing and beautiful creatures.
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Starfishes are just awesome! Like, really! I’d ideally want to have one as my companion at home, but sadly that’s asking too much from this human life. 😛
Way not? I know people that have starfish in their tanks. If you conceive it and believe it you can achieve it.
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Hey Troy,
Nice post about star fishes.
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