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It’s a sea star, not a starfish!
Knobby sea stars A lot has changed in the last thirty years and that includes the starfish. For those of you out of the loop, the starfish is no longer a starfish, it’s a sea star. Why is that? Because...
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7 swinging sand dollar facts
Sand dollar The sand dollar or Dendraster excentricus is one animal that continues to surprise me every time I see it. Long before I started learning about the ocean and marine life, I remember seeing...
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Meet the bat star
Photo credit: Jerry Kirkhart Batman is pretty cool, but what about the bat star or Asterina miniata? A bat star is a type of sea star. You may be wondering if this sea star has bat powers. No, it...
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The sea star Olympics
With everyone going Olympic crazy these days, it seems fitting to discuss ocean athletes, but instead of talking about the already famously fast bluefin tuna, I started wondering about a much slower...
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Tube feet time
A sea star’s tube feet This is a close-up of a sea star’s tube feet, the tiny tube-shaped appendages located on the bottom of a sea star’s arms. Tube feet help sea stars get around, albeit very slowly,...
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Regeneration is a real super power
Sand star with only four arms Recently, I came across this sand star that only had four arms. What happened to its fifth arm? I wondered. Then I thought, it doesn’t matter because sea stars have the...
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