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A sea star can digest prey outside its body

Circeaster pullus вивертає шлунок для живлення коралом на глибині понад 2500 м, 21 вересня 2015; не Asterias rubens із нейропептидного досліду / Circeaster pullus everts its stomach while feeding on coral below 2500 m, 21 September 2015; not Asterias rubens from the neuropeptide experiment. Credit: NOAA; CC BY-SA 2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=47949152
Asterias rubens їсть мідію; документальне спостереження живлення, не кадр фармакологічного випробування / Asterias rubens eating a mussel; a feeding observation, not the pharmacological experiment. Credit: M.Buschmann; CC BY-SA 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=4522812

Circeaster pullus вивертає шлунок для живлення коралом на глибині понад 2500 м, 21 вересня 2015; не Asterias rubens із нейропептидного досліду / Circeaster pullus everts its stomach while feeding on coral below 2500 m, 21 September 2015; not Asterias rubens from the neuropeptide experiment. Credit: NOAA; CC BY-SA 2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=47949152

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Some sea stars evert their cardiac stomach through the mouth and apply it to edible prey tissues. Part of digestion takes place externally, after which nutrient material moves inside. The organ is not discarded: the stomach can retract. Feeding strategies vary by species, so this should not be automatically generalized to every echinoderm.