How do sea stars reproduce in fresh water?

A Forbes sea star (Asterias forbesi) photographed Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in New JerseyPhotograph by Joel Sartore, National ... It's an echinoderm, closely related to sea urchins and sand dollars. ... Purely marine animals, there are no freshwater sea stars, and only a few live in brackish water. read more

A sea star cannot live in fresh water, therefore it cannot live to reproduce in the water. There is not a known(found) sea star that is capable of living in fresh water. There is a few that live in brackish water, which is fresh water with more salinity, which makes it easier for the starfish to survive. read more

Stars "reproduce" only in the same sense that a cup of coffee reproduces. You drank coffee at some point in the past, then excreted it. Eventually, the water from that ended up in a water treatment plant, was delivered to your coffee maker, and you used it to produce another cup of coffee. read more

Brittle stars can reproduce asexually in two ways. When one or more arms and a portion of the central body break off, both pieces of the brittle star will grow new bodies and arms to form two animals. Brittle star juveniles can also reproduce during their settling stage. read more