Franco Banfi / Panamic cushion sea star (Pentaceraster cumingi) feeding on a dead eel on the seabed, Espiritu Santo Island, Baja California, Mexico, Sea of Cortez.

Lucas Bustamante / Panamic cushion star / Cortez starfish (Pentaceraster cumingi) two arms reaching over rock, with two Galapagos sea slugs (Tambja mullineri) close by, North Seymour Island, Galapagos National Park, Pac...

Claudio Contreras / Panamic cushion sea star (Pentaceraster cumingi) on sea floor. Huatulco Bays National Park, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Pacific Ocean. November.

Claudio Contreras / Panamic cushion sea star (Pentaceraster cumingi) detail. Huatulco Bays National Park, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Pacific Ocean. November.

Tui De Roy / Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi) on rocky seabed, Isabela Island, Galapagos, South America, Pacific Ocean.

Tui De Roy / Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi), Isabela Island, Galapagos, South America, Pacific Ocean.

Tui De Roy / Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi) on seabed, Isabela Island, Galapagos, South America, Pacific Ocean.

Tui De Roy / Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi) and Chocolate chip star (Nidorellia armata) on seabed, Isabela Island, Galapagos, South America, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / A female Sea urchin crab (Echinoecus pentagonus) on the underside of a Panamic starfish (Pentaceraster cumingi), Hawaii.

Claudio Contreras / Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi), Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Archipelago National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, September

Claudio Contreras / Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi), Botella Point, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico, August

Francisco Marquez / Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi) on white background, Islas Marias Archipelago, Marias Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.