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I read that regenerated arms never grow as big as the originals and my question is: Would the starfish's ability to move and eat be affected by this?" ... My reader read wrong. Regenerated arms of most starfish grow as big as the originals. It just takes time, perhaps a year or more, before the reformation is complete.
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There are a few starfish that have 6 or 7 arms, for example Echinaster luzonicus or Protoreaster, some even more like the elven-armed sea star (Coscinasterias calamaria). Others normally have 5 arms but now have more arms, because after an injury ... Sea cucumbers have a remarkable capacity for regenerating their body parts.
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www.starfish.ch/reef/echinoderms.html
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Sea stars can reproduce asexually by regenerating arms. In fact, if as little as one-quarter of the sea star's central disk remains, the sea star can regenerate itself. This can be useful if the sea star is trying to evade a predator - if ... 10 Facts About Starfish Sea Stars Marine Life Profile Learn About Echinoderms...
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Name: K Omogo Status: student Grade: 9-12 Location: IL Question: My science book states that a cut up starfish can regrow into more starfish. I have seen a single arm nearly 8 inches long with small 1/2 inch arms growing off of it, it will eventually become a whole new sea star. If you cut a sea star in quarters,
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www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mole00/mole00855.htm
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Wildlife Question: How Many Arms Does A Starfish Have? Starfish are from the family in the animal kingdom called the echinoderms. There are several species of starfish and their 'arms' are more properly ... What Is It Called When A Starfish Regrows Arms?
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tiple arm loss in starfish, and rates of arm regeneration following multiple arm loss appear to ..... regenerating arms of starfish with multiple arm loss. ...
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www.springerlink.com/index/BTMA22DQCD897BB2.pdf
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Another example of asexual reproduction is the fragmentation of starfish. If part of an arm breaks off, the starfish not only regenerates the arm, but the broken piece of arm can grow into an entire starfish! ... Starfish Regenerating Arms Lost to Predator ... Starfish Regenerating Arms Lost to Predator, Mila Zinkova; GNU...
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"Starfish" redirects here. For other uses, see Starfish (disambiguation). ... Sea stars (also often called "starfish") are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea[2]. ... A sunflower starfish is regenerating arms that were lost to predators...
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The country schoolboy, who watches the squirrels hide the beech nuts and pokes the hedgehog into a living ball, who finds the nest of the lapwings, ... the members of the starfish group are wholly marine ; among crustaceans, the wood- lice, the land-crabs, and a few other dwellers on the land, are in a small minority ;
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