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Sand Star

luidia foliolata

The Sand Star is a fascinating sea creature that looks like a star! It has many arms that help it move across the ocean floor.

Lebensraum: Shallow coastal waters and sandy ocean floors.

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The Sand Star is a very flat sea star, typically with five long, leaf-like arms. Its body is light tan to grey-green, often speckled, allowing it to blend perfectly with sandy seabeds.

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Sand Star
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Sand Star

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Sand Stars belong to a group called "echinoderms," meaning "spiny skin."

Some Sand Star species can move surprisingly fast for a sea star!

Their mouth is located on their underside, facing directly into the sand.

They move across the seabed using thousands of tiny, suction-cup-like tube feet!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Regeneration Power

Sand Stars can regrow lost arms because of their special regenerative cells, which helps them survive predator attacks.

Fähigkeit

Sand Burrower

Sand Stars can rapidly bury themselves just beneath the sand because of their pointed tube feet, which helps them hide from predators.

Fähigkeit

Stomach Extrusion

Sand Stars can push their stomach outside their body to digest prey externally, which helps them eat larger food items.

Maße und Details

Länge
35 cm
Gewicht
0.2 kg
Lebenserwartung
12 Jahre

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny crustaceans and worms are a favorite meal for this sandy hunter.

Hauptnahrung

  • small crustaceans
  • marine worms
  • mollusks
  • detritus

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris

Otters can crush and eat sea stars.

eaten by

Dungeness Crab

Metacarcinus magister

Crabs prey on smaller or injured sea stars.

hunts

Musselworm

Nereis vexillosa

Actively consumes marine worms living in the sand.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Sand Sea Star

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Sand Star?

35 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Sand Star?

0.2 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Sand Star?

12 Jahre

Was frisst Sand Star?

Tiny crustaceans and worms are a favorite meal for this sandy hunter.

Wo findet man Sand Star normalerweise?

Shallow coastal waters and sandy ocean floors.

Wie jagt Sand Star?

Foraging

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