#starfishes

[apurpillou]

Day 17: Star @montereybayaquarium

I wanted to include an example of a regenating star (the red one at the bottom) cause I think they're strangely alluring

[bunnie0201]

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[daily-ynfg-worlds]

Aquarium World

[a-book-of-creatures]

Mr Creatures, what is the most shaped creature of them all?

Oh but there are so many of them ;_;

Off the top of my head

These starfishes / sea stars from the Ortus Sanitatis

This fish from Albertus Magnus

This grumpy dragon from Scheuchzer

This turtle from Thomas de Cantimpré

These sponges from Olaus Magnus

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[babbittybabbittart]

Day 11 - Sea Scum

[dougdimmadodo]

Bat Star (Patiria miniata)

Family: Cushion Star Family (Asterinidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Unassessed

A small species of starfish found in a variety of habitats across the Pacific coast of North America, the Bat Star is named for the thin membrane that runs between its "arms", which has been compared to the wings of bats. Highly variable in appearance, members of this species are usually red with five arms but may also be yellow, brown, pink, blue or black and have anywhere from 4 to 9 arms, especially after enduring an injury or an awkward regeneration of a lost limb. As with all starfishes a Bat Star's arms are lined with chemical-sensitive cells and small light-detecting organs comparable to crude eyes, and through the use of these organs (as well as the numerous tiny tube-like feet lining their undersides) they crawl slowly along the seafloor in search of algae, carrion and immobile or slow-moving animals; lacking teeth or jaws, they feed by enveloping prey with their arms and then extending their stomachs out of a small mouth in their centre, externally digesting their food and absorbing the nutrients released as a result. Each individual Bat Star is either male or female, and when the waters around them are sufficiently warm females freely release huge number of tiny eggs into the water to be externally fertilized by gametes released by males.

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