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Goose Foot Starfish Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Stelleroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asterinidae
Genus: Anseropoda
species: placenta
Goose Foot Starfish Morphology:
Biology:
1) Have spiny skin for defense (even though there are no known predators to the Goose Foot Starfish)
2) Have tube feet in order to obtain food and oxygen.
Ecological Importance:
Not listed under any importance.
Economical Importance:
Images of this organism are sold.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Stelleroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asterinidae
Genus: Anseropoda
species: placenta
Goose Foot Starfish Morphology:
- Goose Foot Starfish have radial symmetry
- Flattened starfish up to 20 cm diameter.
- The five short webbed arms giving pentagonal to sub-pentagonal appearance.
- Covered in fine spines giving granulated texture.
- Dorsally white with red or pink disc and arms.
Biology:
1) Have spiny skin for defense (even though there are no known predators to the Goose Foot Starfish)
2) Have tube feet in order to obtain food and oxygen.
Ecological Importance:
Not listed under any importance.
Economical Importance:
Images of this organism are sold.