a group of starfish is called a galaxy.
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This just in, starfish are a radially symmetrical head with a stomach.
God I love echinoderms
If you told someone that there’s an entire group of animals that develop butt first as embryos are born bilateral but then grow a radially symmetrical head like a cancer in their side that then bursts out and lives as a completely separate organism from its birth form and moves via hydraulic systems…
They wouldn’t believe you. Yet one of the most beloved cartoon characters is one of them.
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Ocean themed epoxy stickers
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The Star. Art by Nicholas Kahn, from The Carnival at the End of the World Tarot Deck.
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🍪 Feeling hungry? Well, despite its name, the chocolate chip sea star (Protoreaster nodosus) probably wouldn’t taste very good. To start, those “chips” aren't chocolate at all… they’re tubercles, or knobs, and they’re unique to each sea star. No two individuals have the same arrangement of tubercles!
Like many other sea stars, this marine invertebrate eats by pushing its stomach out of its mouth, covering its meal, and then digesting it externally. This critter inhabits the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, where it might be spotted around coral reefs or seagrass beds. It can grow up to 12 inches (30 cm) across.
Photo: woodgreg, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
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WOOOO FINALLY FINISHED IT AFTER A WHOLE MONTH!!!
this is for the starfish fans all three of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this goes out to u!!!!!!!!!!
(PLEASE DM ME FIRST FOR PERMISSION IF YOU PLAN ON REPOSTING!)
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Mermay ~ Week 2
day11: swarm
day10B: starfish | day20: coral
(prompt list: here!!)
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Horseshoe crab and some hitchhikers :)
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My seasonnal summer artwork, not featuring an octopus for once !
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