Starfish Seafloor Segment Replica

Description

Starfish seafloor segment replica measures 7.5 x 5.0 x 1.0 inches. The Asteroidea is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast made in USA.

Several species exhibit specialized feeding behaviors. These strategies include suspension feeding and turning their stomachs inside out. They navigate complex life cycles and reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most individuals can easily grow back damaged parts or lost arms.

Asteroidea fill several important ecological roles in marine environments. Starfish like the ochre sea star serve as classic examples of keystone species. The tropical crown-of-thorns starfish acts as a destructive coral predator across the Indo-Pacific region. Meanwhile, experts rank the northern Pacific sea star amount the worst invasive species on Earth.

The fossil record for starfish dates back 450 million years to the Ordovican period. However, this record remains sparse because starfish quickly fall apart after death. Only their hard spines and ossicles survive, making their remains very difficult to find.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Echinodermata
• Subphylum: Asterozoa
• Class: Asteroidea de Blainville, 1830
• Species: †Specimen unassigned
• Binomial Name: †Asteroidea sp.
• Conservation status: Extinct

Purchase the starfish seafloor segment to display it alongside the dapedium punctatus fossil replica to contrast floor crawlers with Jurassic swimmers. Add the long-snouted alligator garfish skull replica to show specialized river snapping teeth. Finish by hanging the massive Dunkleosteus terrelli fish jaw replica to showcase Devonian bone shears.