Colorful chocolate chip starfish (Protoreaster nodosus) cling to the seafloor of a seagrass meadow in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Colorful chocolate chip sea stars (Protoreaster nodosus) lay on the shallow sandy seafloor of Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia.

Colorful chocolate chip starfish lie scattered on the floor of a seagrass meadow in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical area in the Lesser Sunda Islands is known for both its amazing marine biodiversity as well its infamous dragons.

Colorful chocolate chip sea stars, Protoreaster nodosus, cover the seafloor in a seagrass meadow in Wakatobi National Park, Indonesia.

Chocolate Chip Star - Nidorellia armata. Galapagos, Pacific Ocean

Chocolate Chip Starfish (Protoreaster nodosus) gathered on a sandy ground, Sabang Beach, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, South China Sea

Chocolate Chip Starfish (Protoreaster nodosus) on rocks at low tide, Panglao, Central Visayas, Philippines, Asia