MYN / Sheri Mandel / Bat star (Patiria miniata), Malibu, California, USA, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

Jeff Rotman / Bat Stars (Patiria miniata) grazing on kelp holdfasts, Channel Islands, California, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Bat Stars (Patiria miniata) grazing on kelp holdfasts, Channel Islands, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Close up of skin of Bat star {Patiria miniata} Channel Is, California, USA

Jeff Rotman / Batstar grazing on algae {Patiria miniata} California, USA

Jeff Rotman / Two starfish/ batstars with upturned rays Pacific, California, USA. Unexplained behaviour that frequently occurs when two of these animals meet.

Jeff Rotman / Batstar (Patiria miniata) on sea grass. Atlantic, New England USA

Russell Laman / California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) swimming over rock covered in Bat stars (Patiria miniata) and Pacific purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) near the Monterey Coast Guard Pie...