Common Starfish
Taken at Yellowcraig on 16th February 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 1500 mm zoom lens.
Fact File


Common Starfish.
Species :
Order:
Family:
A.K.A.  		Asterias rubens.
Forcipulatida.
Asteriidae.
Sea Star
Food:
Length:
Habitat:
Season:
Feature:
 		Mussels and clams.
10 - 30 cms across.
Coastal / Marine
January - December
Starfish feed on shellfish by pulling the shells open with their arms, inserting their own stomach into the shell and dissolving their prey with digestive juices, before reabsorbing their stomach full of the shellfish soup. 
Starfish have an amazing ability to regenerate lost limbs. Starfish will sometimes shed a leg to escape a predator and will then regrow the missing leg or legs.