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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

starfish See ASTEROIDEA; DIPLOZONINA; FORCIPULATIDA; NOTOMYOTINA; PAXILLOSIDA; PLATYASTERIDA.

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starfish Any marine echinoderms with a central disc body and a five-rayed symmetry resulting in five to 40 radiating arms. The mouth is on the underside of the disc and the stomach can be extruded to digest other echinoderms and shellfish. Calcareous spines are embedded in the skin. Starfish move by means of tube feet, which they may also use for pulling open the bivalve molluscs on which they feed. Class Asteroidea.

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