Name:Tumor starfish
Alias:Zhenghaixing
Outline:Echinodermata
Family:Starfish
length:30cm
Weight:0.1-6kg
Life:3-27Year
IUCN:LC
Tumor starfish have extraordinary regenerative abilities. If a predator attacks them and they lose their arms, they can regrow the missing parts. They usually have 5 arms, but have been found with 4 or 6 arms, which may occur because more than one arm was damaged at the same time.
Their mouth is located in the center of the ventral surface of the body. When hunting, they will cover the food with their body, spit out the cardiac and stomach from the mouth to wrap the prey, and start digestion and absorption from outside the body.
Like other tropical echinoderms, symbionts such as shrimps (genus Softshell), small brittle stars, and even juvenile fish can be found on the surface of protuberant starfish. Because tuberculous starfish have hard thorny skin, there are fewer predators that will prey on them.
Due to the slow movement of starfish , when starfish wash up on shore, they are eaten by many animal predators, including fish, crabs, sharks, humans, and birds.
On the IUCN Red List as "Not Evaluated".
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