Starfish (Asterias forbesi) (with labels)

Echinodermata -- Physiology

Starfishes

Asterias forbesi

Dissection

Six photo of a starfish in various stages of dissection with parts labeled.

Image 1: Starfish - Oral View
- tube feet
- ambulacral groove
- mouth
- spines

Image 2: Starfish - Internal FEatures
- rectal caeca
- cardiac stomach
- gonad
- hepatic caecum
- pyloric stomach

Image 3: Starfish - Internal Features (Aboral View)
- madreporite
- hepatic caecum
- gonac
- ampullae
- ambulacral ossicles covering radial canal
- coelomic cavity
- spines
- tube feet

Image 4: Starfish - Aboral View
- ray
- madreporite
- disc
- terminal tentacle
- spines

Image 5: Starfish - Cross Section of Arm
- hepatic caecum
- spine
- gonad
- ambulacral ossicle
- tube feet
- ampulla

Image 6: Starfish Tube Feet (Close Up)

State University of New York at Buffalo. Department of Biological Sciences

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

2005-01-06

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Evolutionary Biology Digital Dissection Collections. BIO-001