Jonathan Bird Underwater Photography IMAGE BROWSE - Echinoderm Or use the IMAGE SEARCH function to find the exact image you need.     Sea star, Northern Basket Northern Basket Star   Sea star, Giant Basket The Giant Basket star comes out at night to feed on plankton.   Sea star, Ruby Brittle A Ruby Brittle Star spawning.   Crinoid, Golden Golden Crinoid on reef.   Crinoid, Golden Golden Crinoids on reef.   Sea star, Crown of Thorns Crown of Thorns seastar eating coral.   Sea star, Crown of Thorns The Crown of Thorns Sea star has many sharp spines on its back to protect itself.   Sea star, Cushion Cushion Star, Utila.   Sea cucumber, Orange-footed Orange-footed sea cucumber feeding on plankton   Sea star, Horse Horse Star, Maine, a cold water sea star   Sea urchin, Purple The purple Sea urchin has sharp spiones to protect against predators.   Sea star, Northern Northern Sea Star regenerating limbs.   Sea star, Winged Winged Sea Star (Pteraster militaris) and Blood Star , Maine   Sun star, Spiny A Spiny Sun Star approaches a Winged Sea star, it's preferred prey.   Sea urchin, Green A close-up of the mouth of a Green Sea urchin, called Aristotles lantern.   Sea star, Giant Basket A Basket star is curled up during the day to protect itself.   Crinoid, Pacific Pacific crinoid on a reef.   Crinoid, Pacific Pacific crinoid on a soft coral gorgonian.   Crinoid, Golden Detail of a Golden crinoid arm showing feather-like cirri.   Sea star, Northern A Northern sea star feeding on a mussel.   Sea star, Northern A group of Northern sea stars including one regenerating from a limb.   Heart urchin, Red A heart urchin is a relative of the sea urchin and the sand dollar. It feeds in the sand.   Sea cucumber, Donkey Dung The Donkey Dung sea cucumber feeds on organic material in the sand.   Sea cucumber, Tiger Tail The Tiger tail sea cucumber feeds by using its tentacles to sift through the sand on the bottom.   Sea cucumber, Marmorata This sea cucumber is eviscerating its intestines in an effort to thwart an attack.   Sea star, Northern The Northern Sea star can regenerate an entire body from just one limb as long as there is still at least 1/5 of the body intact.   Brittle star, Ruby Male Ruby Brittle stars spawning and releasing sperm.   Brittle star, Sponge A brittle star on a tube sponge.   Sea star, Linckia The Linckia sea star is one species that is known to reproduce by intentionally breaking off one of its arms. The arm regenerates an entire body! This is called autotomy.   Sea urchin, Green A close-up of the tube feet (podia) of a Green Sea Urchin.   Sea urchin, Long Spined The Long-spined sea urchin has very sharp and painful spines. It is important for the health of the reef because it eats algae that can smother coral.   Sea star, Choriaster Sea stars, Fiji.   Crinoid, Golden The Golden crinoid is a relative of sea stars and sea urchins.   Sea star, Basket A basket star feeds in the nutrient rich waters of BC.   Sea star, Basket A basket star feeds in the nutrient rich waters of BC.   Sea star, Blood A blood star is a colorful member of the benthic community, BC.   Sea cucumber, Orange A sea cucumber uses its tentacles to feed in the plankton-rich waters.   Sea cucumber, White A sea cucumber uses its tentacles to feed in the plankton-rich waters.   Sea star, Sunflower A sunflower star in the Pacific Northwest is the largest sea star in the world.   Sea star, Sunflower A sunflower star in the Pacific Northwest is the largest sea star in the world.   Sea star, Sunflower A sunflower star in the Pacific Northwest is the largest sea star in the world.   Sea star, Crown of Thorns A Crown-of-thorns sea star on the coral, Hawaii.   Sea star, Crown of Thorns A Crown-of-thorns sea star on the coral, Hawaii.   Sea urchin, Green The green sea urchin is heavily fished for its roe. It's a delicasy in the far east.   Sea star, Winged The Winged sea star produces tiny, benthic offspring, instead of planktonic.   Sea cucumber, Orange-footed An Orange footed sea cucumber feeds on plankton using tiny arms to catch it.   Sea star, A sea star in the Galapagos   Sea star, Sea stars, Galapagos   Sea urchin, Pencil Pencil urchins, Galapagos   Sea star, A Linckia sea star is regenerating arms lost via autotomy, a form of asexual reproduction   Sea star, A Linckia sea star is regenerating arms lost via autotomy, a form of asexual reproduction   Sea star, Winged The Winged sea star produces tiny, benthic offspring, instead of planktonic.   Sun star, Smooth The Smooth sun star reachs 8 inches and has 7-14 arms.   Sun star, Dawson The Dawson sun star can reach 10 inches and has 8-13 arms.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is curled up when the tide is running strongly.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sun star, Spiny The Spiny sun star is a voracious predator that feeds on other sea stars.   Sea star, Northern The arm of a Northern sea star is regenerating a new body and the rest of its arms.   Sea star, Northern The arm of a Northern sea star is regenerating a new body and the rest of its arms.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sea urchin, Green This shot of a Green sea urchin is using its tube feet to hold onto a rock.   Sea star, Northern An extreme close-up of the dermal denticles of the Northern sea star.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sea star, Winged The Winged sea star produces tiny, benthic offspring, instead of planktonic.   Sun star, Spiny An extreme close-up of the dermal denticles of the Northern sea star.   Sun star, Spiny The Spiny sun star is a voracious predator that feeds on other sea stars.   Sea star, Northern Basket A juvenile Northern Basket star feeds on the polyps of red soft coral.   Sea star, Northern Basket A juvenile Northern Basket star feeds on the polyps of red soft coral.   Sea star, Northern Basket A juvenile Northern Basket star feeds on the polyps of red soft coral.   Sea star, Northern Basket A juvenile Northern Basket star feeds on the polyps of red soft coral.   Sea star, Northern Basket A juvenile Northern Basket star feeds on the polyps of red soft coral.   Sea star, Northern Basket A juvenile Northern Basket star feeds on the polyps of red soft coral.   Sea star, Horse The Horse star is a cold water sea star that thrives in arctic waters.   Sea star, Horse The Horse star is a cold water sea star that thrives in arctic waters.   Sea star, Horse An extreme close-up of the dermal denticles of the Horse sea star.   Sea star, Northern Basket A close-up of the body of a Northern Basket sea star.   Sea star, Northern Basket A Northern Basket star is open to feed on plankton when the current is not running too strongly.   Sea urchin, Magnificent Magnificent sea urchin, Astropyga magnifica, St. Vincent   Sea urchin, Magnificent Magnificent sea urchin, Astropyga magnifica, St. Vincent   Sea star, Cushion Mouth detail, Cusion star, Culcita sp., Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Sea urchin, Flower Flower Urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This urchin is extremely venomous and has caused fatalities.   Sea urchin, Flower Flower Urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This urchin is extremely venomous and has caused fatalities.   Sea urchin, Flower Flower Urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This urchin is extremely venomous and has caused fatalities.   Sea urchin, Flower Flower Urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This urchin is extremely venomous and has caused fatalities.   Sea star, Sea star, Fromia monilis, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Sea star, Brittle Brittle star on Protoreaster sp. sea star, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Sea urchin, Sea urchin, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Sea star, Brittle Brittle star on Protoreaster sp. sea star, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Sea star, Brittle Brittle star on Protoreaster sp. sea star, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Sea star, Brittle Brittle star on Protoreaster sp. sea star, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Sea star, Linckia Linckia sea star, Mantanani Island, Malaysia.   Sea star, Chocolate Chip Chocolate Chip sea star, Proreaster nodosus, Mabul Island, Malaysia.   Basket star, Giant Juvenile Giant basket sea star (Astrophyton muricatum), Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands, Caribbean.   Sea urchin, Antarctic Antarctic Sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri, with camouflage attached, Antartica.   Sea star, Antarctic Antarctica Sea star, Odontaster validus, attacking Antarctic sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri, Antartica.   Sea star, Antarctic Pair of feeding Antarctic sea stars, Odontaster validus, Antartica.   Sea star, Antarctic Antarctic Sea star, Odontaster validus, Antartica.   Sea star, Antarctic Antarctic Sea star, Odontaster validus, Antartica.   Sea star, Choriaster Choriaster sea star, Choriaster granulatus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.   Sea star, Caribbean Cushion Detail of Caribbean Cushion Sea star, Oreaster reticulatus, West Palm Beach, Florida.   Sea star, Caribbean Cushion Detail of Caribbean Cushion Sea star, Oreaster reticulatus, West Palm Beach, Florida.   Urchin, Variegated Variegated Urchin, Lytechinus variegatus, West Palm Beach, Florida.   Sea star, Caribbean Cushion Detail of Caribbean Cushion Sea star, Oreaster reticulatus, West Palm Beach, Florida.   Sea star, Caribbean Cushion Detail of Caribbean Cushion Sea star, Oreaster reticulatus, West Palm Beach, Florida.   Sea star, Choriaster Choriaster Sea Star (Choriaster granulatus), Maldives, Indian Ocean.   Sea star, Linckia Linckia sea star reproducing from a single autotomized linb, Maldives, Indian Ocean.