Starfish

© Jean Tresfon

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

Starfish

I-Alias

Seastar

Igama lezesayensi

Asteroidea

Ubukhulu

Ukufika ku-1 m

Ukukhangeleka

Imizimba encamatheleneyo idibane kwiingalo. Iingalo ezintlanu okanye ngaphezulu zikho (kufika ku-24). Umlomo we-Ventral. Yiba ne-tubefeet apho bahamba khona. Abanye banamaqhina okanye 'ameva' emzimbeni nasengxeni. Umbala ukusuka kumdaka, omnyama okanye omhlophe ukuya kwilalanti, obomvu, obomvu nomfusa.

Inkcukhacha jikelele

I-asteroidea iklasi iwela phantsi kwe-Echinodermata phylum, equka zonke iintlanga kunye ne-Brittlestars, iikomkomini zoLwandle kunye namanki aseLwandle. Izilwanyana ezisezantsi eziqubhayo, ezantsi. Zinokuphinda zivuselele iingalo xa zilahlekile. Ezinye ziphendulela isisu ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kwixhoba lokuyigaya - ebizwa ngokuba yi-evisceration. Ukuzaliswa kweplalagic spawning.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwiimiski, iifom, i-oyster, intlanzi encinci kunye ne-detritus.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ehlabathi, kuquka i-Arctic.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Granulated seastar - Choriaster granulatus
Pincushion starfish - Culcita schmideliana
Red seastar - Linckia laevigata