Jeff Rotman / Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and Morning Sunstar (Solaster dawsoni) scavenging Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus). Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North Pacific Ocean.
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Pascal Kobeh / Diver taking a picture of Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean. August 2011.
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Pascal Kobeh / Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.
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Pascal Kobeh / Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and two leather stars (Dermasterias imbricata) among giant plumrose anemones (Metridium giganteum), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.
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Lynn M Stone / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, August.
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Alex Mustard / Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) gills detail, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Queen Charlotte Strait, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Underwater seascape showing Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Orange sea cucumbers (Cucumaria miniata) and Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus sp.), Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British C...
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Shane Gross / Sunflower seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides), juvenile, feeding on algae growing on kelp (Laminariales), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Sunflower seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides), juvenile, feeding on algae growing on Eelgrass (Zostera marina), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) close-up detail of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) close-up detail of tufts of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Orange sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) beneath a forest of giant bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Queen Charlotte Str...