1. The Sea Star Precious Khalani Gooden Cosette Standrige-Folsom Ava Marshall Bambico Bio 1000 Images.google.com
2. Overview Structure Appearance Vascular System Distribution and habitat Phylogeny Reproduction Food Consumption Google.com
3. Structure Radial symmetry Tube feet with suction pads Tube feet are controlled by the Vascular System Does not have heart, brain, or eyes. Mouth and Anus in close proximity Google.com
5. Appearance Upper surface colorful, while bottom is light colored. Minute pincer structures Majority have 5 arms, but there are some exceptions Images.google.com
7. The Vascular System Supplies water to the ambulacra feet (tube feet) Water withdrawn from the canals make suction effect Water returned the suction is released. Images.google.com
8. Distribution and Habitat -All of Earth’s oceans Pacific Atlantic Indian Antarctic regions Google.com Google.com
9. Distribution and Habitat Range: Tropical coral reefs and kelp forests to the deep-sea floor Most are sea-floor dwellers Some live among the sandy sea shore Google.com Google.com Google.com
10. Distribution and Habitat They live in: Sand Mud Sea grass beds They live on: Coral reefs Rocky underwater cliffs They live under: Rock rubble Google.com Google.com Google.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oMVFnwej4Q Google.com
15. Sexual Reproduction Individuals either male or female sexual reproduction Fertilization occurs externally producing larva Over 2 million eggs but few survive Larva have bands of cilia used in swimming and feeding. left side becomes the oral surface which faces down, and the right side becomes the aboral surface, which faces up.
17. Asexual Reproduction Asexual reproduction Fission: the division of the body The reproduction of missing body parts many sea stars can regenerate a lost portion only if some part of the central disk is present.
18. A complete new animal can grow from a small fragment like an arm Images.google.com
19. Food Consumption Extend or contract its tube feet Oral surface/mouth: center of the underside of the disc Anus: upper side of the body Preys on: worms, Crustaceans bivalves. Their tube feet pull a bivalve apart. They extend their stomach out through their mouths Digestive juices and cilia help digestion Images.google.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A100m5EpfFI
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