Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Starfish

Starfish
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 28, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 20:30, 11 February 2014‎ (UTC)



There are about 1,500 living species of starfish to be found on the seabed in all the world's oceans, from the tropics to subzero polar waters and from the intertidal zone down to abyssal depths, 6000 m below the surface. Starfish are among the most familiar of marine invertebrates. They typically have a central disc and five arms. The upper surface may be smooth, granular or spiny, and is covered with overlapping plates. Many species are brightly coloured in shades of red or orange, while others are blue, grey or brown. Starfish have tube feet operated by a hydraulic system and a mouth at the centre of the lower surface. They have complex life cycles and can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most can regenerate damaged parts or lost arms and they can shed arms as a means of defence. Starfish such as the ochre sea star and the reef sea star have become widely known as examples of the keystone species concept in ecology. With their appealing symmetrical shape, starfish are found in literature, legend and popular culture. They are sometimes collected as curios, used in design or as logos, and in some cultures, despite possible toxicity, they are eaten. 4 points- Vital article (expanded list), 4 point is total. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 17:17, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Trimmed to size. Thanks for these nominations, - please don't forget to let the principal author(s) of the articles know that you've nominated them here, per the instructions above. Ta. BencherliteTalk 17:33, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Vital article. FA from 2013. Educational and encyclopedic. Also, SCIENCE!!! Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:46, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support As what Cirt said. buffbills7701 12:12, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, per (yay SCIENCE!!!), but some people might find this objectionable and obscene since we're putting nudity on the main page. Can we find a photo of the starfish with some clothes on please? (jk).--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:29, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support per above, but there must be some concerns about the explicit references to starfish-on-starfish action in the article. Somebody might be offended by this.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 16:34, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support: Nice article - and great to see a nature/science article coming up (expecially one of our vital ones!). - SchroCat (talk) 19:48, 9 February 2014 (UTC)