Starfish in military history. Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name "HMS Starfish": an A-class destroyer launched in 1894; an R-class destroyer launched in 1916; and an S-class submarine launched in 1933 and lost in 1940. In the World War II, Starfish sites were large-scale night-time decoys created during The Blitz to simulate burning British cities. Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States on 9 July 1962. Starfish Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are
Broad-headed spiny rat Broad-headed spiny rat The broad-headed spiny rat ("Clyomys laticeps") is a spiny rat species from South America. The etymology of the species name is the Latin word "laticeps" meaning "wide-headed". The species has a head-body length that ranges from , with a tail long, and weigh between . They have short ears and limbs, and feet with powerful claws adapted for digging. The fur is interspersed with spines; it is grizzled reddish or yellowish and black over most of the body, and paler grey to almost white on the underparts. Broad-headed spiny rats are native to southern Brazil and eastern