The terror of the tide pools, sunflower stars eat anything and everything. This one was moving towards a live dungeness crab as we watched it, even though starfish do not feed out of water. Starfish feed by pushing out their stomachs and digesting their food without ever having to in-take it. Thanks to my friend Celso Reyes for taking photos when my camera was out.
Pycnopodia is a genus of sea stars in the family Asteriidae.
