Coral Reef Fact:
Ernst Haeckel from the Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 40: Asteridea
When attacked or damaged Sea Stars (Class Asteroidea) are able to grow new arms. They usually have five arms but have been found with 4 or 6 arms, this may be because more than one arm has been damaged at one time.
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