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Small fish hides in the venomous spines of a crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Scavenging sea stars and a humpback shrimp (Pandalus hypsinotus) working on the remains of a rock crab, Canada, North America

A sea star shimp (Periclimenes soror), swims through a forest of spines on the back of a crown-of-thorns starfish, Micronesia, Pacific

A close-up of the underside of the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), United States of America, North America

Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) cling to a coral bommie in Indonesia. This species of seastar is common throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) and orange cup coral (Tubastrea faulkneri) at night, West Escarceo, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sea star (Nardoa novaecaledoniae) and feather star (Comanthina nobilis) at night, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Common Starfish (Asterias rubens), two common starfish grazing on algae covered dark red rock, Eyemouth, Scotland, UK North Sea

Common Starfish & Black Brittle starfish,(Asterias rubens) & (Ophiocomina nigra), one of each species moving over dark rock background, Eyemouth, Scotland, UK North Sea

Diver looks down on blue seastar (Linkia laevigata) on a barrel sponge (Xestospongia sp.) Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Crown-of-Thorns seastar (Acanthaster planci) Adult animal working its way across sand towards a coral reef. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Ocean. More info: This species feeds on coral as an adult and, in the right circumstances, be devestating to large reef areas.

Blue seastar, Linckia laevigata, hanging on a boulder coral, Porites sp. Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Underwater scenes from the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico. Shown here is an eastern Pacific Crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster ellisii) feeding on coral.

Common Sunstar (Crossaster papposus), detail of brilliant orange/red multi-armed starfish on dark background, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea

Basket Starfish (Astrophyton muricatum), detail of central disc of basket starfish, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Island, Caribbean

Brittlestarfish (Ophiothrix spp.) red and pink starfish resting over brown sponge. Mabul, Borneo, Malaysia, South China Sea

Muddy Brittlestar (Ophiura albida), delicate pale five-armed starfish on dark background, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea

Bloody Henry (Henricia, Sanguinolenta), pink five-armed starfish on rock surface, St Abbs, Scotland, UK

Comanthina Crinoid (Comaster gracilis) dark feather starfish crinoid on pink Sea Fan, Sipidan, Mabul, Malaysia.

Common Starfish (Asterias rubens), common starfish moving over stoney seabed, Eyemouth, Scotland, UK North Sea

Common Starfish (Asterias rubens), common starfish grazing on algae covered dark red rock, Eyemouth, Scotland, UK North Sea

Common Sunstar (Crossaster papposus), brilliant orange/red multi-armed starfish on dark background with brittle starfish, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea

Mulicoloured Sea Star ( Linkia multiflora), red and cream starfish resting on purple coral, Rangiroa, French Polynesia.

Close-up detail of a crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci); Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

These two parasitic mollusks, Thyca crystallina, are growing on the host starfish, Linckia laevigata. This parasitic shell only attaches to this species of starfish, into which it burrows and sucks up nutrients, Philippines

A Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) holding part of a blue seastar (Linkia laevigata) which it will feed on, Philippines

Noble Pen Shell, Pinna nobilis, Les Ferranelles, Medes Islands, Costa Brava, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

Noble Pen Shell, Pinna nobilis, Les Ferranelles, Medes Islands, Costa Brava, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

Commensal shrimp (Periclimenes soror), on a seastar, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, North America

Three boys with a sea star on their head. These children are part of the Banaux or nomadic seas. They live on the Togians archipelago in Indonesia

American marine crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) on the detritic bottom of a mangrove channel in the Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba