Cushion starfish are small, only about 1" (2cm) in diameter at most but they come in the most amazing colours and patterns.
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Cushion starfish have five short
arms and thousands of small sucker-like feet, called tube feet, on their
underside
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When hungry, the cushion starfish
pushes its stomach out of its body through its mouth to surround food
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They are scavengers that feed on
dead plants and animals
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Cushion starfish mature as males at
two years old and change to females at four years old
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The females lay up to 1,000 orange
eggs which then hatch into baby starfish, this often happens in our tanks so
look out for tiny starfish only a couple of millimetres big
