A necklace sea star nestles (舒适地安顿下来) among the C-shaped (C状的) emerald (祖母绿的) tentacles (触手) of anchor coral (榔头珊瑚) in the western Pacific Ocean.
A red-and-yellow necklace sea star clings to (依附于) a sea fan (海扇) in the Maldives (马尔代夫).
The white dorsal (背部的) plates of this sea star, photographed in the western Pacific Ocean, give it a calico (印花棉布) pattern that helps it blend with (混合) its rocky surroundings.
A small crab skitters (轻捷地跑动) across a brilliantly (出彩地) colored blue sea star in the western Pacific Ocean.
Ochre (赭石色) sea stars, like this pair in Burnaby Narrows on the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, are normally purple but can adapt a wide variety of colors depending on individual habitat (个体生境).
A necklace sea star rests on a reef (礁石) in the Solomon Islands. Subspecies (动植物的亚种) of this striking sea star are identified by differences in the plates that cover their dorsal side.
A shockingly colored sea star clings to a reef off Bunaken Island in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The pattern on this Indonesian sea star echoes (与...相呼应) the batik prints (蜡防印花) the Southeast Asian archipelago (群岛) is known for.
A close-up of a Nardoa frianti sea star in Sulawesi, Indonesia, shows this species' highly contoured (波状外形的) dorsal side.