SCIENCE IN PICS: Crown of Thorns Starfish

Crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, are voracious predators of hard coral polyps.
SCIENCE IN PICS: Crown of Thorns Starfish
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/starfish.jpg" alt="Close up of the body of a crown-of-thorns starfish at Pulau Weh, Sumatra in Indonesia. (Matthew Oldfield)" title="Close up of the body of a crown-of-thorns starfish at Pulau Weh, Sumatra in Indonesia. (Matthew Oldfield)" width="590" class="size-medium wp-image-1800050"/></a>
Close up of the body of a crown-of-thorns starfish at Pulau Weh, Sumatra in Indonesia. (Matthew Oldfield)