Various Other Sea Stars

Bat Stars (Asterina miniata) and Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) with kelp next to rock pool.
Bat Stars (Asterina miniata) and Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) with kelp next to rock pool. mass many group together same identical similar colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint starfish seastar sea colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint red yellow orange plant plants frond fronds seaweed weed rockpool shore shoreline tangle tangled Researchers and Rockpools |Bat Stars (Asterina miniata)

Blue Sea Star (Linckia multifora) foraging over coral reef flat.
Blue Sea Star (Linckia multifora) foraging over coral reef flat. Asteroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual cyan arm arms starfish star-fish five invertebrate invertebrates |Blue Sea Star (Linckia multifora)

Bat Sea Star (Asterina miniata) mouth detail.
Bat Sea Star (Asterina miniata) mouth detail. Asteroidea sucker suckers starfish star fish star-fish stomach underside underneath sticky suck sucktion vaccume arm arms |Bat Sea Star (Asterina miniata)

Mottled Sea Star (Evasterias troschelii)
Mottled Sea Star (Evasterias troschelii) Asteroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held starfish star-fish sea-star seastar cuddle cuddles cuddling |Mottled Sea Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) Asteroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual arm arms starfish star-fish seastar sea-star red orange grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held |Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

Ochre Sea Star (Piaster ochraceus) feeding on rocky reef wall in high current area with Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) fronds.
Ochre Sea Star (Piaster ochraceus) feeding on rocky reef wall in high current area with Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) fronds. Asteroidea colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint blue cyan yellow gold golden pink temperate reefs eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring vertical |Ochre Sea Star (Piaster ochraceus)

Leather Sea Star (Dermasterias imbricata)
Leather Sea Star (Dermasterias imbricata) Asteroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks arm arms five content obese fat chubby overweight portly fatty splay splayed starfish star-fish sea-star seastar pointed crawl crawling crawler |Leather Sea Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) foraging over rocky sea bed.
Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) foraging over rocky sea bed. Asteroidea invertebrate invertebrates seastar sea-star starfish star-fish arm arms forage single one alone lonely isolated individual multiple many temperate |Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus) burrowing for clams.
Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus) burrowing for clams. Asteroidea eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring catch catching hunt hunting hunter gather gathering forage foraging eat eating eater caught magenta single one alone lonely isolated individual five sea-star sea-stars seastar seastars starfish star fish star-fish sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus)

Rainbow Sea Star (Lethasterias nanimensis)
Rainbow Sea Star (Lethasterias nanimensis) Asteroidea sea-star seastar starfish star-fish arm arms five crawl crawling crawler sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Rainbow Sea Star (Lethasterias nanimensis)

Cushion Sea Star (Pteraster tesselatus)
Cushion Sea Star (Pteraster tesselatus) Asteroidea pincushion pin-cushion slime slimy slimed sea-star seastar starfish star-fish single one alone lonely isolated individual line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded content obese fat chubby overweight portly fatty inflate inflated sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Cushion Sea Star (Pteraster tesselatus)

Leather Sea Star (Dermasterias imbricata) with Hermit Crab
Leather Sea Star (Dermasterias imbricata) with Hermit Crab Asteroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual content obese fat chubby overweight portly fatty blubber blubbery arm arms crabs crab arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda pleocyemata brachyura crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held vertical |Leather Sea Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Rainbow Sea Star (Lethasterias nanimensis) feeding on California Mussel (Mytilus californianus)
Rainbow Sea Star (Lethasterias nanimensis) feeding on California Mussel (Mytilus californianus) Asteroidea sea-star seastar starfish star-fish eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held bivalve bivalves shell shells mollusc molluscs hinge hinged sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Rainbow Sea Star (Lethasterias nanimensis)

Red Tubercled Sea Star Pentaceraster tuberculatus) Detail of spines.
Red Tubercled Sea Star Pentaceraster tuberculatus) Detail of spines. Asteroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow gold golden spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed cone cones pattern skin starfish star-fish |Red Tubercled Sea Star Pentaceraster tuberculatus

Brisingid Sea Star (Novodinia antillensis) Deep sea species photographed off Roatan, Honduras.
Brisingid Sea Star (Novodinia antillensis) Deep sea species photographed off Roatan, Honduras. Asteroidea Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Brisingida (Order) > Brisingidae (Family) mass many group together same identical similar soft delicate fragile breakable filter filtering filtered seive seives seiving filters sift sifting sifter sifted seived arm arms starfish star-fish sea-star abyss abyssal |Brisingid Sea Star (Novodinia antillensis)

Sea Star (Protoreaster sp.)
|Sea Star (Protoreaster sp.)

Warty Sea Star (Echinaster callosus)
Warty Sea Star (Echinaster callosus) Asteroidea Echinodermata single one alone lonely isolated individual line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint mauve purple magenta grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held starfish sea-star star-fish vertical |Warty Sea Star (Echinaster callosus)