Star of the Sea The starfish is an aquatic animal of the oceans by their morphology has drawn attention and curiosity for all lovers of animals. His body in the form of five-pointed star or more, can be found in more than two thousand species to be differentiated. This echinoderms, can move through the water that collects from its surroundings through a system called madreporito. By the pressure that gives offers the necessary impetus to move with their feet ambulacral. This animal digests its prey by the outside, this is because your stomach is reversible. With the help of his legs that have suction cups, holds the food on which secretes a substance that makes it easier gastric digestion externally. They are carnivorous. His food se basa en molluscs and crustaceans. Your body can reach measuring about 75 cm and it is covered with thorns with the function to defend their predators and capture the attention of others. Easily generate algae layers on your skin and for this to happen are not equipped with some tweezers, called pedicelarios, which function to keep clean the surface. They are located in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and their habitat is the sea floor, no more than 160 meters, and also between algae on rocks. Can be found in areas near the coast. The skin varies depending on the year they have. There are orange, red, yellow, blue, pink and even multicolored. We have come to find big stars. Some of them stem reflexes and visible reflective sen darkness.

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