✨ Starfish Larvae: The Ocean’s Shooting Stars ✨ Before becoming the familiar five-armed sea stars we know, starfish start life as tiny larvae that look like little shooting stars drifting through the ocean. These larvae float with plankton, moving and feeding with their small extensions. As they grow, they go through several stages, eventually settling on the ocean floor. There, their bodies reorganise, arms form, and the young starfish takes on the classic shape we recognise. From drifting “sho