Starfish dissection By: Carol Parker Thanks to: Denise Roper and Lynn Fink
Dried Specimens
Common Starfish Class Asteroidea Aboral view
bivium trivium
arms central disc anterior arm
Madreporite
bivium trivium madreporite stone canal
madreporite stone canalperistome
circular canal radial canal peristome
Oral view Mouth Ambulacral Grooves Arms
Spines Tube feet
Preserved Specimens
madreporite anterior arm
central disk bivium
ambulacral grooves mouth
tube feet peristome mouth
intestine anusintestinal caecum pyloric stomach
pyloric caecum pyloric duct pyloric stomach
Pyloric caecum Pyloric stomach
Pyloric stomach
Pyloric caecae
Gonads
Cardiac stomach
cardiac stomach peristome
Cardiac stomach
polian vesicleradial canal circular canal ampull a
tube feet radial canal ampulla