Georgette Douwma / Dark red spined brittlestar (Ophiothrix purpurea) on Coral. Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Dark red spined brittlestar (Ophiothrix purpurea) with Green urn sea squirts(Didemnum molle). Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of brittle star (Ophiothrix sp), North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Dark red-spined brittle star (Ophiothrix purpurea), North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp.) on Sea pen (Virgularia sp.). Rinca, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Brittlestar (Ophiothrix species) on soft coral on which there are Acoel flatworms (Waminoa species). Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow sun star (Solaster endeca) amongst Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis) on a Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) with Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis),Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) and Northern sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, S...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussels (Modiolus modiolus) with brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis), Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Georgette Douwma / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix species) on soft coral. West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

Georgette Douwma / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix species) on soft coral. West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

Georgette Douwma / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix species) on a Network Lamellaria / Black Velutinid (Coriocella nigra). West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) from English Channel. South Devon, England, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving over rock. In rockpool, Devon, England, UK. September.

Georgette Douwma / Dark red-spined brittle star (Ophiothrix purpurea) and Colonial anemones (Amphianthus nitidus). North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Dark red-spined brittle star (Ophiothrix purpurea). North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Dark red-spined brittle star (Ophiothrix purpurea) North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / RF - Dark red-spined brittle star (Ophiothrix purpurea) and Colonial anemones (Amphianthus nitidus). North Sulawesi, Indonesia. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) bed with Brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis) and Edible crab (Cancer pagurus), Shetland, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow sun star (Solaster endeca) surrounded by brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis), Shetland, Scotland, September.

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving in a rockpool, with a Common limpet (Patella vulgata) nearby, Cornwall, England, UK, September.

Solvin Zankl / Tiny Brittlestars (Ophiothrix sp) wrapped around the branches of Fan coral, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Brandon Cole / White-spotted rose anemone (Urticina lofotensis), surrounded by Spiny brittle stars (Ophiothrix spiculata), Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, California, USA, August.

Brandon Cole / Red gorgonian coral (Lophogorgia chilensis), Giant sea star (Pisaster giganteus), purple sea urchins (Stronglyocentrotus purpuratus) and Spiny brittle stars (Ophiothrix spiculata) on a coral reef, Cha...

Brandon Cole / Lemon peel nudibranch (Anisodoris nobilis), Spiny brittle stars (Ophiothrix spiculata), and Purple sea urchins (Stronglyocentrotus purpuratus) on a coral reef, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuar...

Brandon Cole / Giant sea star (Pisaster giganteus) crawling across a bed of hundreds of Spiny brittle stars (Ophiothrix spiculata), Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, California, USA, August.

Georgette Douwma / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix species) Rinca, Komodo Natioal Park, Indonesia, October

Georgette Douwma / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix species) on Sponge, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, October