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Crown-of-thorns starfish

Acanthaster planci

Description:

This starfish normally range in size from 25 to 35 cm.

Habitat:

It has a very wide Indo-Pacific distribution and occurs where coral reefs or hard coral grow.

Notes:

This multiple-armed starfish that usually preys upon hard or stony corals.

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2 Comments

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 6 years ago

Woahh! Lovely!

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 6 years ago

Beautiful!

Marek Koszorek
Spotted by
Marek Koszorek

จังหวัดพังงา, Thailand

Spotted on Dec 1, 2017
Submitted on Dec 1, 2017

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