Common Sea Star

The Common Seastar have spiny skin and come in colors such as brown, tan, or olive. They are classified as Asterias forbesi. It’s domain is Eukarya, kingdom is Anamalia, phylum is Echinodermata, class is Asterodid, order is Forcipulatida, family is Asteriidae, genus is Asterias, and species is forbesi. A behavioral adaptation for the Common Seastar is that this organism can smell different smells and can locate the source of the odor to find food. A structural adaptation of this organism is that the Common Seastar can grown arms if it loses them. A functional adaptation is tubed feet to help grip onto different things. Its prey is worms and ocean crustaceans. This means that the Common Sea Star is heterophic. It fears sharks, rays, crabs, and other sea stars. A fun fact is that the Common Seastar is that the female Sea Star can lay up to 2.5 million eggs! The Common Sea Star is ectothermic and is radial.

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