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

Chris Newbert / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) and schooling baitfish, 20 feet deep, Papua New Guinea

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

Fred Bavendam / Basslet (Pseudanthias sp) school, swimming near a Sea Fan (Melithaea sp) and a Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata)

Juergen Freund / Starfish {Linckia laevigata} in shallow water Indonesia

MYN / Niall Benvie / Grass bug (Stenodema laevigata) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK, UK, May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

Chris Newbert / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) with two new arms budding from one leg, Indonesia

Niall Benvie / Composite of insects, arachnids and plants found on the Arnos Vale BioBlitz, Bristol, UK, June 2012 meetyourneighbours.net project. Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata), Ivy (Hedera helix), Green...

Juergen Freund / Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) on a coral. Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park, Palawan, Philippines, April 2009.

Juergen Freund / Details of skin of Blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) with commensal snails hanging on to it, Bali, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) with commensal shells attached to skin, Bali, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Brittle star (Ophiothela sp.) on blue starfish (Linckia laevigata). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) feeding on arm severed from a Blue starfish / Sea star (Linckia laevigata) , Malapascua Island, Visayan Sea, Philippines

Tim Laman / Close up of Blue starfish / Sea star (Linckia laevigata) with pink soft corals, Malapascua Island, Visayan Sea, Philippines

Sue Daly / Starfish (Linckia sp) Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Giant clam {Tridacna sp} surrounded by blue starfish {Linckia laevigata} Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Pair of Falco or Dwarf hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) on starfish (Linckia laevigata). Puerto Galera, Philippines.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) Papua New Guinea.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Falco / Dwarf hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) pair on starfish (Lincka laevigata) Puerto Galera, Philippines

Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) group carrying leaves, Kavac, Venezuela

Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) group carrying leaves, Kavac, Venezuela

Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) group cutting lead, Kavac, Venezuela

Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) cutting leaf, Kavac, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata) pair, a poison dart frog, Masoala National Park, Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata), a poison dart frog, Masoala National Park, Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata), a poison dart frog, Masoala National Park, Madagascar

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) on coral reef. Bali, Indonesia

Bernard Castelein / Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) Zanzibar, Tanzania

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) on coral reef. Bali, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) and Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) on coral reef. Komodo, Indonesia.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) on coral reef, Bali, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) and crinoids on coral rock, Komodo, Indonesia

Jouan & Rius / Mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) pair mating, tropical rainforest, Nosy Mangabe NP, Madagascar

Juergen Freund / Blue starfish {Linckia laevigata} close up of arm with parasitic snails {Thyca crystallina} attached, Indo-Pacific

Constantinos Petrinos / Sea star, starfish {Linckia laevigata} two colour variations North Sulawesi, Indonesia

David Hall / Starfish {Linckia laevigata} feeding Solomon Is,

Chris Newbert / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) and schooling baitfish, 20 feet deep, Papua New Guinea

Doug Perrine / Blue starfish {Linckia laevigata} on soft corals, Richilieu rock, Surin Is, Thailand

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / English / Midland hawthorn {Crataegus laevigata} close-up of flowers, UK.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / English / Midland hawthorn {Crataegus laevigata} close-up of flowers, UK.

Doug Perrine / Parasitic sea snail {Thyca crystallina} camouflaged on arm of blue sea star {Linckia laevigata} Mabul Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Doug Perrine / Blue sea star {Linckia laevigata} regenerating two arms, Malapascua Island, Cebu, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Mangrove tree with Blue starfish {Linckia laevigata} split level, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Blue starfish {Linckia laevigata} with Sessile Comb Jellies attached {Astricola sp} Indo-Pacific

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) soldier bites photographer, carving through his skin in just the same way medium-sized workers bite leaves, near Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) ants identify each other with antenna strokes and stop to groom each other, Guadaloupe

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) pair from the same colony stop to groom each other, Guadaloupe

Fred Bavendam / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) a common shallow reef sea star, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Fred Bavendam / Limpet (Thyca crystallina) living on coral surface and the Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata), Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) nest excavated by researchers, Batucatu, Brazil

Constantinos Petrinos / White eyed moray eel {Siderea prosopeion} and Starfish {Linckia laevigata} Indonesia

Constantinos Petrinos / Harlequin shrimp {Hymenocera elegans} feeds on starfish {Linckia laevigata}

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Starfish {Linckia laevigata} on seagrass at low tide. Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Blue starfish on coral reef. Philippines

Constantinos Petrinos / Harlequin shrimp {Hymenocera elegans} feeding on starfish {Linckia laevigata} Philippines

Constantinos Petrinos / Grey faced moray eel {Siderea thrysoidea} and sea star {Linckia laevigata} Sulawesi Indonesia. Indo Pacific

Birgitte Wilms / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) with Blenny (Blenniidae), Solomon Islands

Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) carrying leaf, Kavac, Venezuela

Roberto Rinaldi / Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) on coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Premaphotos / Coast snail beetle (Ablattaria laevigata) feeding on a Sandhill snail {Theba pisana} UK

Premaphotos / Coast snail beetle (Ablattaria laevigata) feeding on a Sandhill snail {Theba pisana} UK

Chris Newbert / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) and schooling baitfish, 20 feet deep, Papua New Guinea

Chris Newbert / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) and schooling baitfish, 20 feet deep, Papua New Guinea

Patricio Robles Gil / Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata) a poison dart frog, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Golden Mantella Frog, Madagascar (Mantella aurantiaca) Maroansetra

Constantinos Petrinos / Harlequin shrimps {Hymenocera elegans} feed on starfish {Linckia laevigata} Philippines

Constantinos Petrinos / Harlequin shrimps {Hymenocera elegans} feed on starfish {Linckia laevigata} Philippines