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The mouth of a brittle star is located on its underside, in the center of its body where the legs converge. It is surrounded by small feeding structures called podia used for capturing and transporting food to the mouth.
Brittle stars typically have separate sexes and reproduce sexually, so each individual can have both a mother and a father. This means they can have two parents.
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Brittle stars are carnivores, as they primarily feed on small organisms such as plankton, mollusks, and detritus in the ocean. They use their flexible arms to catch and consume their prey.
The scientific name of a brittle star is Ophiuroidea.
the attacker goes after the arm leaving the rest of the body unharmed. After the brittle star can always just regrow the arm.
A Brittle star is not a myriapod. A Brittle star is an echinoderm. An example of a myriapod would be a centipede.
The Brittle star is in the Family Ophiodermatidae.
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a brittle star is an invertabrate
Brittle stars are mostly scavengers, so they help to get rid of dead animals and clean up the reef.
invertabrateA Brittle star is not a myriapod
a brittle star is a type of starfish.
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The brittle star belongs to the phylum Echinodermata.
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