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 (album) in the top 40 in the book, "100 Best Australian Albums". In 2011 the album, along with "Priest=Aura" and "Untitled #23", was played in its entirety on the band's 30th Anniversary "Future, Past, Perfect" tour. In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett wrote that "if sometimes too clean around the corners in comparison to the song-for-song masterpiece "Heyday", "Starfish" set up the band's well-deserved breakthrough in the States," and added that the performances throughout "are at the least fine and at the most fantastic." Credited to: RIAA:Gold Starfish (album) Starfish is the fifth album by the Australian rock