Title

Honeycomb starfish

Caption

Honeycomb starfish (Pentaceraster alveolatus) adult, feeding, on corpse of bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma), on black sand at night, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Asia

Date

Apr 21, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Colin Marshall

Reference

BRK22G50_438

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,1Mb (3,4Mb) / 11,9in x 17,7in / 3558 x 5315 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asia Asteroidea Batoidea Blue-spotted ribbontail ray Bluespotted ribbontail ray Bluespotted ribbontail rays Cartilaginous fish Chondrichthyes Choriaster granulatus Dasyatidae Deuterostome Deuterostomes Deuterostomia Dive site Diving area Echinoderm Echinodermata Fish Fishes Granulated sea star Granulated sea stars Indonesia Indonesian Lembeh Strait Light mood No People Pacific Pacific Ocean Pisces Ray Rays Sea star Southeast Asia Southeastern Asia Starfish Starfishes Taeniura lymma Whiptail stingray Whiptail stingrays adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals of prey at night atmosphere atmospheric atmospheric light bait behavior behaviour black cadaver capture carcass carcasses carrion catch catches corpse cushion seastar darkness dead dead animal dead bodies dead body dead person dead persons death deaths deceased deserted died dive resort diving location diving locations doughboy star eat empty evening evening atmosphere evening atmospheres evening mood evenings feed feeding forage foraging in the evening ingestion light atmosphere mature matures mid-adult woman mid-adult women mood night night photo night photograph night picture night shot no one nobody ocean out outdoor outdoors outside prey prey animal preying preys salt water sand search for food searching for food travel photography under water underwater uninhabited Sulawesi Sulawesi Island animal feed animal feeds sandy sea water waters