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Francis Bushey

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Francis S Bushey reef

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, USA
Built:: 1957, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)
Specs:: ( 247 x 42 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company
Sunk:: Sunday April 13, 1986 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.203' -74°12.148'
Depth:: 100 ft

Francis S Bushey reef

Francis S Bushey reef

Francis S Bushey reef side-scan — Side-scan sonar - intact, but upside-down

Historic photo courtesy of McAllister Towing.

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Starfish (Sea Star)

Starfish

Starfish or Sea Stars are found on any solid structure, from inter-tidal rocks to deep wrecks. They are so common that one forgets just how bizarre they really are. These animals have 5-way body symmetry *, hydraulic tube feet, and ejects their stomach through their mouth to feed. ( Oddly, the planktonic larvae have bilateral symmetry, like higher animals. ) The "eye" is called a madreporite, and is actually the exhaust vent for the hydraulic system. They are capable of regenerating an entire animal from just a fragment. Starfish come in a rainbow of colors from yellow to lavender.

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