Seastar / Starfish photos

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Starfish cling to a rocky reef, surrounded by other colorful invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island
Starfish cling to a rocky reef, surrounded by other colorful invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35512  
Starfish detail, sea star skin details, Vancouver Island, Canada
Starfish detail, sea star skin details, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35443  
Starfish detail, sea star skin details, Vancouver Island, Canada
Starfish detail, sea star skin details, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35444  
Starfish, seastars and anemones cover the rocks in a intertidal tidepool, Puget Sound, Washington
Starfish, seastars and anemones cover the rocks in a intertidal tidepool, Puget Sound, Washington.
Image ID: 13721  
Starfish, seastars and anemones cover the rocks in a intertidal tidepool, Puget Sound, Washington
Starfish, seastars and anemones cover the rocks in a intertidal tidepool, Puget Sound, Washington.
Image ID: 13722  
Starfish, seastars and anemones cover the rocks in a intertidal tidepool, Puget Sound, Washington
Starfish, seastars and anemones cover the rocks in a intertidal tidepool, Puget Sound, Washington.
Image ID: 13723  
Unidentified starfish
Unidentified starfish.
Image ID: 13740  
Unidentified starfish
Unidentified starfish.
Image ID: 13741  
Spiny brittle stars (starfish), Ophiothrix spiculata
Spiny brittle stars (starfish).
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Image ID: 13994  
Spiny brittle stars (starfish), Ophiothrix spiculata
Spiny brittle stars (starfish).
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Image ID: 13995  
Bat stars, Asterina miniata
Bat stars.
Species: Bat sea star, Asterina miniata
Image ID: 14018  
A mass of spiny brittle stars, Ophiothrix spiculata
A mass of spiny brittle stars.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Image ID: 14947  
A mass of spiny brittle stars, Ophiothrix spiculata
A mass of spiny brittle stars.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Image ID: 14948  
Sun starfish.  This enormous starfish can have up to 24 arms, grow to 30 inches in diameter and have as many as 15000 tube feet.  Sun stars are usually pink, purple or brown in color although will occasionally be red or yellow. They can regrow lost arms, Pycnopodia helianthoides
Sun starfish. This enormous starfish can have up to 24 arms, grow to 30 inches in diameter and have as many as 15000 tube feet. Sun stars are usually pink, purple or brown in color although will occasionally be red or yellow. They can regrow lost arms.
Species: Sunflower star, Pycnopodia helianthoides
Image ID: 14949  
Sun starfish.  This enormous starfish can have up to 24 arms, grow to 30 inches in diameter and have as many as 15000 tube feet.  Sun stars are usually pink, purple or brown in color although will occasionally be red or yellow. They can regrow lost arms, Pycnopodia helianthoides
Sun starfish. This enormous starfish can have up to 24 arms, grow to 30 inches in diameter and have as many as 15000 tube feet. Sun stars are usually pink, purple or brown in color although will occasionally be red or yellow. They can regrow lost arms.
Species: Sunflower star, Pycnopodia helianthoides
Image ID: 14950  
Pacific comet star, Linckia columbiae
Pacific comet star.
Species: Pacific comet star, Linckia columbiae
Location: California
Image ID: 01038  
Starfish (sea star), detail showing tube feet ending in small suckers, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Starfish (sea star), detail showing tube feet ending in small suckers.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 07015  
Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Purple urchin attacked by starfish, Coronados.
Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 01984  
Starfish and sulfur sponge on rocky California reef
Starfish and sulfur sponge on rocky California reef.
Location: California
Image ID: 03796  
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04716  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04721  
Brittle stars covering rocky reef, Ophiothrix spiculata, Santa Barbara Island
Brittle stars covering rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04722  
Giant sea star (starfish) detail, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Giant sea star (starfish) detail.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05362  
Giant sea star (starfish) detail, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Giant sea star (starfish) detail.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05363  
Giant sea star (starfish) detail, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Giant sea star (starfish) detail.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05364  
Giant sea star (starfish) detail, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Giant sea star (starfish) detail.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05366  
Giant sea star (starfish) detail, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Giant sea star (starfish) detail.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 05367  
Starfish (sea star), dorsal surface detail, Punte Vicente Roca
Starfish (sea star), dorsal surface detail.
Location: Punte Vicente Roca, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 07011  
Starfish (sea star), dorsal surface detail including spines and pincers, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Starfish (sea star), dorsal surface detail including spines and pincers.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 07013  
Starfish (sea star), dorsal surface detail including spines and pincers, Pisaster giganteus, La Jolla, California
Starfish (sea star), dorsal surface detail including spines and pincers.
Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 07014  
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