Jeff Rotman / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) scavenging Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) scavenging Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus). Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) scavenging dead Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) close up of skin surface, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) close up of skin surface, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean

Alex Mustard / Steller sealion (Eumetopias jubatus) 3 metre long male swimming out of a kelp forest, passing a colourful Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) Race Rocks, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Colu...

Jeff Rotman / Sunflower starfish (Pycnopodia helianthoides) scavenging on seabed, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.

Shattil & Rozinski / Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) underwater, British Columbia, Canada, September

Sue Daly / Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia / Asterias helianthoides) close up of arm showing tube feet, Pacific coast, Canada, August

Sue Daly / Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia / Asterias helianthoides) on seabed, Pacific coast, Canada, August

Norbert Wu / Sea cucumber exhibits escape response when threatened by arms of Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Sequence 2 of 3

Norbert Wu / Sea cucumber exhibits escape response when threatened by arms of Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Sequence 3 of 3