Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) touches a swimming scallop (Chlamys hastata), low center frame, the scallop escapes by flapping its shell open and closed and “swimming” away. The Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) is one of the largest and fastest starfish in the world, it is a predator and will eat other starfish and mollusks. Smaller, spiny brittle stars (Ophiopteris papillosa) are seen fleeing as fast as they can, they almost look like octopus running away, from the larger starfish as it touches them. Escape from predator. Escape mechanism. Escape technique. Sandy seafloor near the California Channel Islands. Pacific Ocean.

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