Theo Bosboom / Star shaped sand pattern as photographed at low tide at Luskentyre beach, Lewis and Harris, Scotland, UK, October.

John Cancalosi / American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) swimming near Water lilies (Nymphaea sp) Washington DC, USA. July.

Alex Mustard / Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) and common starfish (Asterias rubens) beneath the sun in a Norwegian Fjord. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.

Juan Carlos Munoz,Juan Carlos Munoz / Starfish Beach, with many starfish in the shallow sea (Asteroidea) Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama,

Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Sea pen octocoral (Veretillum sp) with polyps out, feeding, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Edwin Giesbers / Borage (Borago officinalis) flowers, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Jim Brandenburg / Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers with eagle-shaped cloud, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Georgette Douwma / False fire urchin (Astropyga radiata) grouped on sandy bottom. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

David Shale / View inside the mantle of the deepsea Octopod {Grimpoteuthis discoveryi} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Morley Read / Close-up of a Star-fingered toad (Pipa pipa) foot, the star shaped appendages on the fingers are sensory for detecting prey, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)