The Spotted Linckia (Linckia multiflora) can shed an entire arm as a method of reproduction; the arm then grows into a complete sea star, while the original sea star regenerates the missing arm and is �as good as new.�

This sea star was photographed at night in about 25 feet of water inside a lava tube off the south Kohala Coast near the Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.