Often erroneously seen as docile or motionless, starfish are in fact voracious predators, Dr. Fraysse said, preying on sea urchins, crabs and, as Dr. Mah saw, even other starfish. “They control ...

Starfish have strange talents. ... they have a body cavity filled with organs, ... Coelomic Transport and Clearance of Durable Foreign Bodies by Starfish (Asterias rubens). The Biological ...

Starfish have strange talents. Two biology students have revealed that starfish are able to squeeze foreign bodies along the length of their body cavities and out through their arm tips.

“Starfish has a body cavity or coelom, ... The coelomic fluid of sea-star Astropecten indicus was found to be non-toxic and hence offered potential as a useful drug,” Baveja says.