Inshore Schooner
- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner
- Sunk:
- circa 1860; cause unknown
- Depth:
- 35 ft
low wood debris field, bottles, coconut shells
-- Capt. Dan Berg
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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