Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), yellow colour variety, with Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis), on sea bed, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotlan...

Dan Burton / Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis) on sea bed, Scotland

David Hall / Northern basket stars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis), branching and staghorn bryozoans, calcareous tubeworms, snails and barnacles, Baranof, Alaska, USA. August.

David Hall / Northern Basket Stars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) and Crimson Anemones (Cribrinopsis fernaldi), Baranof, Sitka, Alaska. August.

David Hall / Northern Basket Star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis), Gambier Bay, Alaska. August.

David Hall / Northern basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) Slingsby Channel, British Columbia, Canada. May.

David Hall / Northern basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) Slingsby Channel, British Columbia, Canada. May.

Alex Mustard / Sleepy sponge crab (Dromia dormia) climbing over a rock, carrying its sea squirt (Didemnum molle) disguise, with brittlestar. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island P...

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.

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.

Alex Mustard / Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) climbs up on red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis) to feed during daylight. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Queen Charlot...

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.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) bed with brittle stars and crabs, Shetland, Scotland, UK, September.

Franco Banfi / Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) and Sea strawberry (Gersemia rubiformis) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

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

Franco Banfi / Basketstar (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis), Alaska, North Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) well camouflaged among mix of red and green algae including Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Harpoon weed (Asparagopsis armata) and Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuc...

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving over floor of rockpool encrusted with red algae (Lithomnanion sp.) past Flat / Purple Top shell (Gibbula umbilicalis) low on a rocky shore, near Falmou...

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving over floor of rockpool encrusted with red algae (Lithomnanion sp.), near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving over floor of rockpool encrusted with red algae past Common periwinkles (Littorina littorea) and Flat / Purple Top shell (Gibbula umbilicalis) low on a...

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving over floor of rockpool encrusted with red algae past Flat / Purple Top shell (Gibbula umbilicalis) low on a rocky shore, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, A...

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving over floor of rockpool encrusted with red algae (Lithothamnion sp.), near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving over floor of rockpool encrusted with red algae past Flat / Purple Top shell (Gibbula umbilicalis), Rough periwinkle (Littorina saxatilis) and Thick-li...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), yellow colour variety, with Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis), on sea bed, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotlan...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), yellow colour variety, with Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis), on sea bed, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotlan...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), yellow colour variety, with Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis), on sea bed, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotlan...

Robert Thompson / Common brittlestar {Ophiothrix fragilis} Ballyhenry Point, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, September

Philippe Clement / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) and Brittle star (Ophiura ophiura) on beach, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) and Brittle star (Ophiura ophiura) on beach, Belgium

Ingo Arndt / Two Common brittlestars {Ophiothrix fagilis} from North Sea, Europe FOR SALE ONLY IN UK

Ingo Arndt / Common brittlestar {Ophiothrix fagilis} from North Sea, Europe FOR SALE ONLY IN UK

Ingo Arndt / Common brittlestar {Ophiothrix fagilis} from North Sea, Europe FOR SALE ONLY IN UK

Adrian Davies / Common brittlestar {Ophiothrix fragilis} Wales, UK

Ingo Arndt / Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) detail, outstretched approximately eighteen centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) detail, outstretched approximately eighteen centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) outstretched approximately eighteen centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany