Crown-of-thorns starfish occurs where coral reefs or hard coral communities occur in this region. The body form of the crown-of-thorns starfish is fundamentally the same as that of a typical starfish, with a central disk and radiating arms. Its special traits, however, include being disc-shaped, multiple-armed, flexible, prehensile, and heavily spined, and having a large ratio of stomach surface to body mass. Its prehensile ability arises from the two rows of numerous tube feet that extend to the tip of each arm. In being multiple-armed, it has lost the five-fold symmetry (pentamerism) typical of starfish, although it begins its life cycle with
Starfish Project often as they feel necessary. Course participants are also encouraged to make use of a list of phone contacts of other course participants and can attend free support meetings at various locations around the UK. Anne Blight, founder of the Starfish Project, has been working with people who stammer for many years, first as a volunteer with the Association for Stammerers in the UK, then with its successor organisation The British Stammering Association. Anne Blight was previously involved in the early days of McGuire Programme before founding the Starfish Project in 1998. In 2016, the Starfish Project announced its first