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  Star"fish" and Sea"horse" Starfish or Sea-stars: Starfish on a beach Travel photo created by awesomecontent - www.freepik.com These organisms are  not actually fishes  as they don't have fins, scales or gills like normals fishes have. Researchers call them  sea-stars  to be more specific with the meaning of its name. Some important characters of sea-stars are interesting but few of them could be stomach-turning. There are more than 20,000 species of starfish and all in a variety of beautiful different colours. This animal is mostly known for its five-feet shape, but some of them have upto 35 to 40 arms. These are Deep sea creatures without any circulatory system or a proper skeletal system like humans. They don't come under the category of fishes, rather, are placed under  invertebrates , in phylum Echinodermata . Mostly exhibit  radial symmetry . Means if cut a starfish from any point in the centre it will always give equal halves. They  don't...