Science Art: Dissection of Asterias rubens, by Hans Hillewaert.

Scientific illustration of starfish anatomy
Scientific illustration of starfish anatomy

Starfish anatomy.

If you want to know the parts, according to Dutch Wikipedia, they are:

Legend
1 Arm
2 Ampullae
3 Radial canal
4 Gonads
5 Pyloric stomach
6 Rectal caeca
7 Pyloric caeca
8 Anus
9 Stone canal
10 Madreporite
11 Genital opening
12 Arm muscle

If you’re even more curious, a “madreporite” is a sort of water filter for starfish bodies, “ampullae” are little jug-shaped organs, and “caeca” is the plural of “caecum,” which is a kind of pouch, like the appendix in humans.

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