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 About Starfish(Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea)
About Starfish(Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea)
          Starfish may not be considered a fish, but are animals belonging to the Phylum Echinodermata, and are further divided into two classes Asteroidea (sea stars) and Ophiuroidea (brittle stars). Although starfish are thought to be passive they can be quite a voracious predator under the sea. Starfish feed primarily on mollusks and other echinoderms. While starfish are commonly represented as having only 5 legs, there are some that exhibit many more as seen below. 
Here are some of the Starfish:
                          Sand Sifting Sea Star starfish
                          Nine Armed or Millipede starfish
                          Marble Sea Star starfish
                          Basket Star starfish
                          Brittle Star starfish
                          Sunflower Starfish
                          Red Sea Star starfish
                          Beaded Star
                          White Sand Star starfish
                          hocolate Chip Starfish - Protoreastor nodosus
                          African Red-Knob Star - Protoreaster lincki
                          Sand Sifting Star - Astropecten polycanthus
                          Black Brittle Star
                          Orange Sea Star starfish
                          Blue Linckia Sea Star starfish
                          Brown Star- This starfish various in color from brownish to tan
                          Common N. Atlantic Starfish
                          Netted Star
                          Spiny Beaded Star
                          Sugar Star
          Cushion Star (Bahamas Star)
More about Starfish:
                        Sea Stars characteristically have five arms extending from a central disk like a star. In the aquarium they can be fed small pieces of fish, placing the food near or even under the Sea Star. Serpent and Brittle Sea Stars are popular additions to reef aquariums that contain live sand as they constantly stir the sand bed and provide oxygen to the beneficial bacteria living in the sand.


