Starfish detail. Close-up of the ambulacral system of an Echinaster sepositus starfish. The ambulacral, or water vascular, system is a network of flui

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Starfish detail. Close-up of the ambulacral system of an Echinaster sepositus starfish. The ambulacral, or water vascular, system is a network of fluid-filled canals unique to echinoderms, which functions in gas exchange, feeding, and locomotion. Photographed in the Mediterranean Sea, Alicante, Spain.

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Photo credit: © ANGEL FITOR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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