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Classification
Feeding
Habitat
Behavior
Physiology
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What is its binomial name?
Patria Miniata or Asterina Miniata
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Is the bat star a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore?
Omnivore
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In what part of the intertidal does it live?
Lower intertidal zone
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What are its predators?
Sea stars, crustaceans, sea gulls, sea otters
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How many arms does it have?
From 4 to 9
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What is its kingdom?
Animalia
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What does it eat?
Surfgrass, algae, colonial tunicates, and other sea stars
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Where does it live?
Among rocks with overgrown with surfgrass and on rock, gravel and hard sand.
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How does it reproduce and when does it generally occur?
Spawning; from May to July
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What colors can they be?
red, orange, yellow, brown, mottled or solid
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What is its order?
Spinulosida
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Where do they find food?
on rock surfaces
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How does their tube feet help them live in their habitat?
They use their tube feet to stick to rocks in strong currents/waves.
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How do they move?
They crawl across the sea floor using the rows of tube-like feet on their arms for locomotion.
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What is their internal skeleton made of?
calcium
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What is another common name for the Bat Star?
Webbed star
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How does it feed?
It extends it stomach over a great variety of plants and animals dead or alive.
400
What is the function of their pincers?
The pincers keep algae and other organisms from growing ont it.
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How do the tube feet move?
The tube feet move when there is a change in the water pressure within the canals.
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What do they lack?
Pedicellariae