Tube feet
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Tube feet are the many small tubular projections found most famously on the ventral face of a sea star's arms, but are characteristic of the water vascular system of the echinoderm phylum which also includes sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers and many other sea creatures.
Tube feet function in locomotion and feeding. The tube feet in a sea star are arranged in grooves along the arms. They operate by hydraulic pressure. They are used to pass food to the ventral mouth at the center, and can attach to surfaces. A sea star that is overturned simply turns one arm over and attaches it to a solid surface, and levers itself the right way up.
