Starfish research. Hand of a marine biologist holding a starfish (Echinaster sepositus). This starfish is upside down, and its hundreds of tube feet c

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Starfish research. Hand of a marine biologist holding a starfish (Echinaster sepositus). This starfish is upside down, and its hundreds of tube feet can be seen lining the underside of its arms. This starfish is being kept for marine research at the Anton Dohrn zoological station in Naples, Italy.

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Keywords: animal, biological, biologist, biology, echinaster, echinoderm, experiment, experimentation, feet, hand, holding, marine, research, researcher, science, scientific, sepositus, starfish, tube