STANLEY WOODS’ CRITTERS: Starfish 

Common Starfish
Asterias rubens

The Mighty Throng – A tenacious starfish pulling open a scallop. When the hungry starfish comes upon its prey, it surrounds the creature with its five arms and pulls with its suction pads until the shell parts.
PHOTO: Leannart Nilsson, Marvels & Mysteries of Our Animal World. © The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. 1964.