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Chocolate Chip Starfish, Starfish Species, Weird Sea Creatures, Ocean Art Painting, Fauna Marina, Beautiful Sea Creatures, Incredible Creatures, Crown Of Thorns, Sea Star

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Starfish Species

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Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Protoreaster nodosus)

Discover 20 starfish species that highlight the diversity of the Asteroidea order, from the chunky granulated sea star to the venomous crown-of-thorns.

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Starfish Facts, Shell Names, Types Of Starfish, Starfish Species, Seashell Identification, Cone Snail, Coral Reef Art, Regions Of The Philippines, Types Of Shells

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Peruvian Guinea Pig

Hypodermic Needle

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Starfish With 6, 5 And 4 Arms

If you think starfish with 4 or 6 arms are weird, wait til you realize that there are species with 10, 20 and even 40 arms! Out of the 2k starfish species, the most common variety is the one with 5 arms. Which is why they're what you most often see in cartoons (remember Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants?), drawings, movies, and photos.Oh, and in case you were wondering, some scientists are pushing to rename starfish as sea stars because they're, well, not fish!

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Chocolate Chip Starfish

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Protoreaster nodosus

Protoreaster nodosus from Semaku (Singapore)

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Types Of Starfish

Starfish Species

University Of Southampton

Some Interesting Facts

Unusual Animals

Starfish ‘arms’ are actually extensions of their head, scientists say

The echinoderms more closely resemble disembodied heads than multi-limbed creatures, experts have discovered

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What is Causing Plagues of Sea Stars?

Lots of attention is paid during an outbreak, but the seastars soon disappear, said one researcher a...

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Starfish Species

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Blue starfish

Ko Lanta, November 2010

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How many starfish species are there?? Where do they Live? How long have they been around? Five Points about Sea Star Diversity!

Images here from the Encyclopedia of Life This week, something about the many different KINDS of asteroids (aka sea star or starfish!) that are found throughout the world. Data for this, is from a paper I wrote with Dan Blake last year for PLOS One. You can download it for free here! based on info at the World Asteroidea Database. I can't tell you how many times I've read something about starfish in pop culture or even in pop sci-and the writer assumes that starfish are the SAME all over the…

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Starfish Species

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Lucia LaVilla-Havelin Fiber Artist

Lucia LaVilla-Havelin has been designing and creating one-of-a-kind pieces in stitchery for almost 40 years. Her work explores science and nature, and the interaction of humans with the natural world. Her current focus is on the effects of climate change to our planet and its creatures.

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Wikimedia Commons

17 Fascinating Bits Of Trivia We Never Knew Before

Over 3K fans have voted on the 17 Fascinating Bits Of Trivia We Never Knew Before. Current Top 3: Cats With Extra Toes Are More Prevalent In New England, As ...

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