Common Starfish
“Starfish is a popular name for any individual of the family Asteridæ, a familiar object on the Atlantic coasts. The body is more or less star shaped, and consists of a central portion, or disk, surrounded by five or more lobes, or arms, radiating from the body and containing prolongations of the viscera. The mouth is situated in the center of the lower surface of the body, and the anus is either absent or on the upper surface. Locomotion is effected by means of peculiar tube-like processes, which are protruded from the under surface of the arms. They possess in a high degree the power of reproducing lost members and abound in all seas. [Pictured]Common Starfish, reproducing rays"—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
Keywords
Starfish, sea star, star fish, viscera, asteridæ, asteridae, peculiar tube-like processes, common starfish, reproducing raysGalleries
Sea Urchins and Sea StarsSource
Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)
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