What kind of symmetry do starfish have?

Starfish (and all echinoderms) start out with bilateral symmetry (that is, like us, 2 symmetrical halves) during their larval stage. read more

Starfish (and all echinoderms) start out with bilateral symmetry (that is, like us, 2 symmetrical halves) during their larval stage. However, during metamorphosis they lose this bilateral symmetry and develop some kind of radial symmetry, most often pentamerism (5 identical parts), but other symmetries are also common. read more

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