Prickly shark, long-nosed chimaera pup, gunard, blob.....man, I suddenly want to go back and read Starfish again, but be triply creeped out this time. I will say that I think I understand the phrase 'elegantly grotesque' a little better in some way, though I'll also say that I think I get the whole Cthulu mythos idea better as well. (+more educational source - even some of Lenie's starfish, as it were, from the book, and the word 'wonky' used seriously)