ochre+star

//kingdom- animalia// //phylum-// Echinodermata class- Asteroidea order- Forcipulata family- Asteriidae genus- Pisaster species- //Pisaster ochraceus// The ochre star is 30 cm across. It has rows of white-tipped spines. At the tips of its arms it has light sensors. This star grows very slowly. To hold onto a rock it has hundreds of tiny suction cups on each foot. A starfish doesn't have a head or a tail so it can change direction without turning around.Its tube feet can open a clam or a mussel just enough for the starfish to put its stomach inside to eat the prey. When the starfish is finished it pulls its stomach back in and moves on. starfishe's stomaches are quite small so they are able to do this easilyThey eat barnacles, limpets and snails, as well as mussels..