Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010

Guy Edwardes / Milky Way above Durdle Door rock arch. Jurasic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. August 2019. Composite image.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora borealis above sea stacks, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. 2019.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

David Fleetham / Close up of underside of Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumungi), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

David Fleetham / Necklace sea star (Fromia monilis) on gorgonian coral, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) digging their nests by night with stars during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Doug Perrine / Hot lava from the 61G flow, emanating from Pu'u O'o on Kilauea Volcano, flows over sea cliffs into the ocean under the stars and moon, Kamokuna, Kalapana, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Puna, Hawaii...

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest on beach at night, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Terre S...

David Noton / Stars and Milky Way over Durdle Door and the Jurassic Coast, with the lights of Weymouth and Portland beyond, Dorset, England, UK, December 2013.

Floris van Breugel / A lone palm tree at twilight off the coast of American Samoa. January 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz,Juan Carlos Munoz / Starfish Beach, with many starfish in the shallow sea (Asteroidea) Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama,

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Pink sea fan / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) with attached eggs of a Common squid (Loligo vulgaris), eggcase of a Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), and Spiny starfish (Marthasterias...

Jeff Rotman / Northern Sea Stars (Asterias vulgaris) feeds on bed of mussels. Cathedral Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts, New England USA - North Atlantic Ocean.

Sue Daly / Red sea star (Echinaster sepositus) and bryozoans fauna. Channel Islands, UK July. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Sunstar (Crossaster papposus), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011

David Shale / Deepsea Featherstar (Crinoidea) on Primnoid coral seafan from a coral seamount in the Indian Ocean, December 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus), brittlestars and sealoch anemones form a typical undersea community in a Scottish sea loch, Loch Duich, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common / Red sunstar (Crossaster papposus) amongst Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) on a rocky reef, beneath kelp. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.

Juergen Freund / Coral reef landscape with abundant whip corals, Blue sea stars and hard coral, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 2009.

Juergen Freund / Massive boulder / Cauliflower coral (Gardineroseris planulata) with blue sea star, Buyat Bay, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Indo-pacific.

Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Blue linkia starfish (Linckia laevigata) pair attached to the dead part of coral, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / A small Necklace sea star (Fromia monilis) on larger Blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) Sipadan, Malaysia

Solvin Zankl / Sea star / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) at brachiolaria larva stage (60 days old), digital focus stacking

Billy Black / Starfish in half Oyster (Lophia folium) shell lying on bed of seaweed. Pumpkin Island, Maine, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Young man snorkeling over seagrass bed, holding a starfish, The Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010, Model released.

Sue Daly / Large group of Sunflower sea stars (Asterias / Pycnopodia helianthoides) covering rock, pacific coast, Canada, August

Sue Daly / Large group of Sunflower sea stars (Asterias / Pycnopodia helianthoides) covering rock, pacific coast, Canada, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) on Kelp (Laminaria sp) Smgen, Bohuslan Sweden, May 2005. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / Muñoz / Starfish on rock at low tide, Dail Beag Beach, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2009

Claudio Contreras / Cushion sea star (Oreaster reticulatus) on Turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Kelp with Common / Red sunstar (Crossaster papposus) and shells, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Blanket stars (Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae) climbing Fan coral (Paramuricea placomus) to position themselves in water current, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Close up of Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) swimming, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) moving, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) group, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common / Edible sea urchins (Echinus esculentus) and starfish on rock with Klas Malmberg diving, house on coast visible above surface, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) swimming, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) moving, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) swimming, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) by a large Anemone, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Gary K. Smith / Common starfish {Asterias rubens} washed up on beach, Norfolk, UK, November 2008

Konrad Wothe / Giant Green Sea Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) group, Goose Barnacles (Lepas anserifera) group and Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) at low tide, Olympic National Park, Washington

Juergen Freund / Horned sea stars {Protoreaster nodosus} in shallow water, Indo-Pacific

Jeff Rotman / Northern Sea Star (Asterias vulgaris) regenerating lost arms. New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean.

Jack Dykinga / Sea stars on rocks amongst surf at low tide, Fourth beach, Olympic peninsula, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Doug Perrine / Greenland sleeper shark (Somniosus microcephalus) swimming over Anemones, Sea stars and Whelks, St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada NB: this shark was wild and unrestrained

David Shale / (Luidia sarsi) bipinnaria larva, late larval stage of starfish, deep sea Atlantic ocean

Birgitte Wilms / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp) juvenile on Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) Solomon Islands

Norbert Wu / Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) breathing hole is above this ice cave with diver, the cave is filled with Sea Stars (Odontaster validus) that feeds on seal feces, Antarctica

Juergen Freund / Seastars in tide pool split level {Asteroidea} Canadian pacific coast

Georgette Douwma / Comet arm of starfish {Linckia multifora} asexual reproduction. Maldives

Georgette Douwma / Necklace starfish {Fromia monilis} on coral. Sulawesi, Indonesia

Dan Burton / Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis) on sea bed, Scotland

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp.) on Sea pen (Virgularia sp.). Rinca, Indonesia.

Christophe Courteau / Stars Trails around the North Star, above sea and National Fort, Saint-Malo, Brittany, France.

Pascal Kobeh / Barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) covered with Lampert's sea cucumbers (Synaptula lamperti). Crinoids and Feather stars (Crinozoa) also on Sponge. Jewel fairy basslets (Pseudanthias squami...

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Temperate deep water reef with sponges, sea whips, and feather stars, Governor Island Marine Reserve, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Temperate deep water reef with sponges, sea whips, and feather stars, Governor Island Marine Reserve, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Diana's Hogfish (Bodianus diana) and Basslet (Pseudanthias sp) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Diana's Hogfish (Bodianus diana) and Basslet (Pseudanthias sp) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Alex Mustard / Pair of crown-of-thorns sea stars (Acanthaster planci) feeding on a coral colony. La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, Gulf of California, East Pacific Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Reef covered with sponges, corals and feather stars, Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow sun star (Solaster endeca) amongst Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis) on a Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) with Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis),Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) and Northern sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, S...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussels (Modiolus modiolus) with brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis), Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony, males incubating eggs, huddling under clear sky during polar night. Atka Bay, Antarctica. July 2017.

Stefan Christmann / Sky over sea ice and ice shelf during polar night. Atka Bay, Antarctica. July 2017.

David Fleetham / Commensal / Periclimenes shrimp (Periclemenes soror), difficult to spot on surface of Large pincushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae). Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Triton trumpet shell (Charonia tritonis) attacking a crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Triton trumpet shell (Charonia tritonis) attacking a crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Reticulated brittle star (Ophiocoma brevipes) on cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae), Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Reticulated brittle star (Ophiocoma brevipes), and commensal shrimp (Periclemenes soror) on a cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae), Hawaii.

Linda Pitkin / Whitespotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) on coral reef, Jackfish Alley, Ras Mohammed NP, Egypt, Red Sea.

Linda Pitkin / Whitespotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) on coral reef, Shark Reef to Jolande, Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt, Red Sea.

Linda Pitkin / Whitespotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) on coral reef, Shark Reef to Jolande, Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt, Red Sea.

Bert Willaert / Sea fan, soft corals and feather stars with Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) swimming above. Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Bert Willaert / Giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) with feather stars (Crinoids). Bismarck Sea, Vitu Islands, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Bert Willaert / Feather stars (Crinoids) on Barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) and soft corals. Bismarck Sea - Vitu Islands, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) pair at nest with sea stars, Punta Albemarle, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) digging their nests by night with stars during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Close up of foot of Starfish {Asteroidea}

Ingo Arndt / Close up of underside of Starfish {Asteroidea}

Ingo Arndt / Close up of foot of Starfish {Asteroidea}

Linda Pitkin / Sea fan with Feather stars on coral reef. Batu Rufus, Penemu, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Lynn M. Stone / Two leather sea stars (Dermasterias imbricata), Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska.

Richard Herrmann / Octopus (Octopus sp) and Brittlestars (Ophiothrix sp), Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) bed with brittle stars and crabs, Shetland, Scotland, UK, September.

Terry Whittaker / Aurora Borealis and coastline at Hornstrandir, Iceland. April 2016