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Descriptor English: Starfish
Descriptor Spanish: Estrellas de Mar
Descriptor estrellas de mar
Entry term(s) Asteroidea
estrella de mar
estrella marina
Scope note: Equinodermos cuyo cuerpo suele tener cinco brazos dispuestos radialmente y que se unen en el centro.
Descriptor Portuguese: Estrelas-do-Mar
Descriptor French: Étoile de mer
Entry term(s): Sea Star
Sea Stars
Seastar
Seastars
Starfishes
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.408.765
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013215
Scope note: Echinoderms having bodies of usually five radially disposed arms coalescing at the center.
Annotation: note specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Echinodermata (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 13600
Unique ID: D013215
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05
Starfish - Preferred
Concept UI M0020438
Scope note Echinoderms having bodies of usually five radially disposed arms coalescing at the center.
Preferred term Starfish
Entry term(s) Sea Star
Sea Stars
Seastar
Seastars
Starfishes



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