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Will a sea star be able to eat clams without using its tube feet. Explain?
No, sea stars use their tube feet to pry open the clam's shell and then evert their stomach into the clam to digest its soft tissues. Without the use of tube feet, the sea star would not be able to access the clam's flesh to consume it.
When a hungry sea star finds a clam the clam acts as?
a stimulus
When a hungry sea star find a clam the clam acts as?
a stimulus
What do you call A sea crature whose shell is in two halves joined together by a hinge?
A bivalve. A clam (A brachiopod)
How does a sea otter eat a clam shell?
a sea otter eats a clam shell by using its strong teeth and paws to pry it open
A favorite food of sea stars?
Sea stars feed on different types of prey, such as bivalve mollusks, snails, and barnacles. One of their favorite foods is clam species. They use their tube feet to pry open the clam's shell and then push their stomach out to digest the soft tissues inside.
Describe how a sea star feeds on a clam?
It forces its stomach out, and sticks it inside of the clams shell. Then with the clam inside of the stomach, the starfish puts its stomach back on its inside. A sea star opens up a clam by attaching its hundreds of tube feet to the external surface of the shell with suction. Then, it pulls. It might have to pull for hours, or days, until the adductor muscle holding the shell firmly closed is finally weakened enough that the shell opens. Then the star fish can force its stomach in and digest the soft insides of the clam.
When a huungry sea star finds a clam the clams acts as a?
The liquefied clam is then absorbed into the stomach. They feed often, and their size depends on the amount of food they eat, not on their age
What is an example of a bivalve?
Clam, oyster, mussel, scallop,blue sea mussel,rough scallop, scallop, and calico snail
How does a sea star feed on a clam?
It forces its stomach out, and sticks it inside of the clams shell. Then with the clam inside of the stomach, the starfish puts its stomach back on its inside. A sea star opens up a clam by attaching its hundreds of tube feet to the external surface of the shell with suction. Then, it pulls. It might have to pull for hours, or days, until the adductor muscle holding the shell firmly closed is finally weakened enough that the shell opens. Then the star fish can force its stomach in and digest the soft insides of the clam.
How does a sea star feeding a clam?
It forces its stomach out, and sticks it inside of the clams shell. Then with the clam inside of the stomach, the starfish puts its stomach back on its inside. A sea star opens up a clam by attaching its hundreds of tube feet to the external surface of the shell with suction. Then, it pulls. It might have to pull for hours, or days, until the adductor muscle holding the shell firmly closed is finally weakened enough that the shell opens. Then the star fish can force its stomach in and digest the soft insides of the clam.
In what sea creatures have pearls in them?
Bivalve crustaceans such as oysters have pearls.
