Roberto Rinaldi / Crown of thorn stafish / seastar (Acanthaster planci) on reef, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Horned sea stars / Chocolate chip stafish (Protoreaster nodosus) on sandy seabed in shallow water, split level with an island in the background, Komodo NP, Indonesia, Indo-pacific, August 2009.

Jose Luis GOMEZ de FRANCISCO / Yellow legged gull (Larus cachinnans michaellis) feeding on a starfish, Galicia, Spain, December