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Fringed Starfish
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Fringed Starfish (Photo: Paul Tyler)
This starfish has very stiff, rigid arms, and is fringed with stiff spines that help it burrow into the sand where it seeks its prey of worms, small crustaceans and even other starfish. It is closely related to the 7-armed starfish.
by Paul Tyler
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