Starfish By:BB

Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus and Species | Poem | Fun Facts | References |

Kingdom: Animalia

Characteristics that place it here:

• Heterotrophs

• multicellular

• body made up of cells organized into tissues

• reproduce sexually

Phylum: Echinodermato

• endoskeleton

• bilaterally symmetrical

• water vascular system ("tube feet") 

• indirect or direct development

• marine

Class: Stelleroidea

• echinoderm

Order: Forcipulatida

• star-shaped

Family: Asteriidae

• echinoderm

Genus and Species: Asterias/Asterias rubens

• having rays or arms, surrounding on indistinct disk

Poem:

Starfish are pleasant.

Starfish are fun to look at.

They live in the ocean.

Fun Facts: 

• Starfish don't have brains.

• Starfish are carnivores

• They don't harm humans in anyway

References:

Brooke Chidgey, Asterias Rubens (Common Starfish), May 1, 2002 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/asterias/a._rubens$narrative.html

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