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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.
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What is the origin of the name Maria?
Maria, a variant of Mary, is of Latin origin, and means: star of the sea.
How did women in ancient times shave their legs?
with a clam shell
What was interesting about Aphrodite?
Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. She was born from the blood of her father that Zeus killed. The blood landed in the ocean and turned into a giant clam shell. Aphrodite came out of the clam shell fully grown.
How was the Roman goddess Venus born?
Supposedly from a large clam shell in the ocean.
What does the name marissa come from?
The name Marissa comes from Latin or Italian. It means The Star of The Sea, beautiful flowing hair, and that you have many dreams in life.
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
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
How do you feed a clam?
I actually think you should put the clam back into the sea you got it or in a random sea where it can feed itself. Cheeseman56: Actually, you HAVE to put the clam back into the ocean it came from, not a random water source. This is because the clam could effect the food chain of the ocean/lake, and cause other creatures to die.
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.
If the sea stars in a clam bed were destroyed what would happen?
They feed on them and then the clams would overpopulate the beds if not eaten.
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.
How do you feed a cherrystone clam to green spotted pufferfish?
To feed a cherrystone clam to a green spotted puffer fish, you just give it the whole clam. Puffer fish are able to crack open the clam and eat what is inside.
What do you feed a clam from the beach?
Plankton.
Is a sea star a decomposer?
Some species of sea stars, such as the Brown Serpent Sea Star and the Blue Sea Star, are classified as detritivores that feed on decomposing organic matter and therefore contribute to decomposition. Many other species are predators though, that feed on oysters, clams, snails, mollusks, or any other prey too slow to avoid the sea stars.
How does a sea star open a bivalve such as a clam?
uses the hundreds of tube feet to grasp and pull the shells in opposite directions, which eventually open
What is the function of the tooth-like projections at the dorsal edge of the clam's valves?
to allow the clam to filter feed
