Starfish (Asterias forbesi) (with labels)
Title
Starfish (Asterias forbesi) (with labels)
Subject
Echinodermata -- Physiology
Starfishes
Asterias forbesi
Dissection
Description
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)
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)
Publisher
Biological Sciences
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date
1/6/2005
Rights
Type
Image
Photograph
Image
Identifier
BIO-001
Citation
“Starfish (Asterias forbesi) (with labels),” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed August 13, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/4202.