Gold Star Necklace PC00382.

Crafted in solid 9ct yellow gold, this stunning starfish pendant necklace is made to last a life time. Handmade to the highest standards by British craftsmen.

This stunning star fish design, evokes inspirations of the mysterious enchanting life beneath the waves. The sculpted swaying curves and contours of this pendant gives it a tactile feel and a look of natural organic flowing movement.

You are sure to be the star of the show and capture admiring glances with this beautiful pendant.

Starfish are fascinating animals which are part of a larger group called ‘echinoderms’, meaning ‘spiny-skinned’. The group includes some very spiny species like sea urchins, sea cucumbers and brittle stars.

Starfish do not always have five arms, some species have more. For example the common sun star and the seven armed starfish, both found in British waters and the crown of thorns starfish found in tropical waters.

There are around 1,500 different species of starfish in the world and around 32 species in British waters.

Most starfish release eggs and sperm into the open water, where fertilization occurs. Larvae then drift freely in the sea as plankton allowing wide dispersal. One of the most beautiful and interesting larvae is that of the seven armed starfish, which resembles a shooting star. When ready to settle, the larvae split into two sections. A small orange starfish, which sinks to the seabed and a transparent, jelly-like section, which continues on its way, surviving for over a month before eventually dying. The cushion Starfish is different as it lays its eggs, on the shore, which develop into tiny starfish.

Gold Star Necklace PC00382.

About
The common starfish is highly common in UK seas, found in rockpools and out at sea to depths of at least 600m. They are active predators, feasting on bivalves such as mussels and clams. As such, they have been known to become a bit of a pest on mussel and oyster beds! Starfish feed on shellfish by pulling the shells open with their arms, inserting their own stomach into the shell and dissolving their prey with digestive juices, before reabsorbing their stomach full of the shellfish soup.

Starfish will form huge aggregations when food is plentiful, drawn in by their keen sense of smell. They don’t have a nose – they use special receptors in their skin!. Starfish aren’t really fish, they are a type of sea creature called an echinoderm, which means “spiny skinned”. Echinoderms includes starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and brittle stars.

How to identify
The common starfish has five arms, is usually orange in colour, and has many small pale spines. It is often found washed up on the shore after rough seas, sometimes in great numbers.
Distribution
Found on all British and Irish coasts, particularly among beds of mussels.

Gold Starfish Necklace PC00382.

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