How does a starfish digest its food ?

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Starfish swallow their prey whole and the process of digestion starts in cardiac part of stomach. The semi-digested fluid is passed into the pyloric stomachs and caeca where digestion continues and absorption follows. Further process of digestion occurs in pyloric stomach. Their diets includes oysters, arthropods etc.

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