sea-stars
Five-armed invertebrates
Sea-stars are starfish—marine animals with arms radiating from a central body, typically five but sometimes more.
The term avoids the misleading "fish" in the common name, since these creatures are echinoderms, not fish.
Marine biologists and aquariums increasingly prefer sea-star: The tide pool was full of purple sea-stars.
Minute skeletal structures
- calcareousContainingite calcium carbonate chalk
- endoskeletonBody's inner framework
- coelomMesoderm-lined internal space
- armUpper body limb
Coastal rock hollows holding seawater
- barnaclesShell-armored marine clingers
- anemonesFlowers or marine polyps
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
- limpetsRock-gripping sea snails
rockweed · periwinkles · crabs · snails · algae · kelp · shoreline · coastal
Edible marine bivalves
- clamsEdible burrowing mollusks
- oystersEdible marine mollusks
- snailsShelled terrestrial gastropods
- barnaclesShell-armored marine clingers
scallops · gastropods · bivalves · prey · feeding · prying · hunting · slow-moving
ossicles
Minute skeletal structures
- calcareousContainingite calcium carbonate chalk
- endoskeletonBody's inner framework
- coelomMesoderm-lined internal space
tidepools
Coastal rock hollows holding seawater
limpets · rockweed · periwinkles · crabs · snails · algae · kelp · shoreline · coastal · intertidal
mussels
Edible marine bivalves
barnacles · scallops · gastropods · bivalves · prey · feeding · prying · hunting · slow-moving · opportunistic
regrow
Develop again after loss
cellular · wound · healing · morphogenesis · fragmentation · cloning · asexual · fission · regrowth · recovery
echinoderms
Spiny-skinned marine invertebrates
crown-of-thorns
Spiked circlet of suffering
sea-starsfish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
bony fish · vertebrates · mammals · sea cucumbers · sea urchins
sea, star, seas, stars, seaward, seashore, seaside, seafarer, seafaring