Sea Stars

There are 650 species of sea shells, 200 sea-stars and urchins and 120 crabs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Red and white crabs crawl through the coral glades, as do medusa sea-stars, their arms twining restlessly like miniature serpents. ❋ Flannery, Tim (2007)

Various kinds of isis, clusters of pure tuft-coral, prickly fungi, and anemones formed a brilliant garden of flowers, decked with their collarettes of blue tentacles, sea-stars studding the sandy bottom. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In return fishes, sea-stars, sea-urchins and some shell-fish eat the young crustaceans, and even attack the larger ones. ❋ Emily Paret Atwater (N/A)

The sinuous channels expand at intervals into quiet pools, bordered with azure and purple sea-stars, or studded with clumps of yellow lilies, spotted and striped with carmine. ❋ Emily Richings (N/A)

Innumerable bright-coloured fish shot hither and thither in the flat pools, there were worms, sea-stars, octopus, crabs. ❋ Felix Speiser (1914)

Above lay big sea-stars, and large fish in bright hues floated between the cliffs in soft, easy movements, while bright blue little ones shot hither and thither like mad. ❋ Felix Speiser (1914)

The row along the base of the precipitous craggy shore was most beautiful, the water swarmed with gayly-colored sea-stars and jelly-fish, and on the rocks at the edge of the waves grew gorgeous madrepores, and other "frutti di mare." ❋ Angela Brazil (1907)

And as our oars dip, the water answers with equal multitudes of wan sea-stars that whirl and wimple through the flood. ❋ Unknown (1891)

Very frail shells, oursins, sea-stars, etc., should be wrapped in cotton and placed, each one apart in a box. ❋ Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1833)

It would be well to wash in chalk water oursins and sea-stars; the greatest number possible of these animals should be preserved in spirits of wine, taking care to surround them with thread, or even fine linen or cotton, and, afterwards, wound with thicker linen or several turns of thread, so as to hinder the points or spines from falling. ❋ Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1833)

a god-like beast, cut the sand in a clear ring and shut me from the earth, and cover the sea-sound with their throats, and the sea-roar with their own barks and bellowing and snarls, and the sea-stars and the swirl of the sand, and the rock-tamarisk and the wind resonance – but not your voice. ❋ Hilda Doolittle (1921)

There are also great numbers of sea-stars; some small limpets; and large quantities of sponge; one sort of which, that is thrown on shore by the sea, but not very common, has a most delicate texture; and another, is the _spongia dichotoma_. " ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

Person #1- Damn I wish I was a god damn [sea star] they living😭 Person #2- I hate being a [sea roach] now they gone spray me 😭 Can’t be found in [warren] ohio🤷🏽 ♀️ ❋ Veah And Summer (2021)

That [ginger bitch] Melissa got Scottish sea [starred] last night she’s never felt so [violated]. ❋ Spongeboymebob (2019)