Chocolate Chip Starfish
Common Name: Chocolate Chip Starfish
Scientific Name: Protoreaster nodosus
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Other Taxonomy: Order: Valvatida Family: Oreasteridae Genus: Protoreaster
Specimen #:42
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was alive
Location: Alfred bio tank
Typical Habitat: The Chocolate Chip Starfish is mainly found all over the sea grass beds and sandy areas, and chiefly lives in shallow water areas. It is indigenous to the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: The Chocolate Chip Starfish is mainly found all over the sea grass beds and sandy areas, and chiefly lives in shallow water areas. It is indigenous to the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea
Relationship with humans: no known relationship, other than as pets
Feeding Mechanism: It eats by excreting their orange-colored stomach out of the mouth and onto their prey. As the prey is digested, the stomach slowly pulls it back into the mouth.
Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoreaster_nodosus
http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=101
Scientific Name: Protoreaster nodosus
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Other Taxonomy: Order: Valvatida Family: Oreasteridae Genus: Protoreaster
Specimen #:42
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was alive
Location: Alfred bio tank
Typical Habitat: The Chocolate Chip Starfish is mainly found all over the sea grass beds and sandy areas, and chiefly lives in shallow water areas. It is indigenous to the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: The Chocolate Chip Starfish is mainly found all over the sea grass beds and sandy areas, and chiefly lives in shallow water areas. It is indigenous to the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea
Relationship with humans: no known relationship, other than as pets
Feeding Mechanism: It eats by excreting their orange-colored stomach out of the mouth and onto their prey. As the prey is digested, the stomach slowly pulls it back into the mouth.
Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoreaster_nodosus
http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=101