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Crown of thorns

Acanthaster planci

Photo by The MnMs
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Huge starfish. Very venomous. Better not to touch.

Habitat:

Coral reef crevices, under rocks. Nocturnal.

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Comments (3)

And some of these guys when you see them at night is even better. Really, the colors and variety of creatures underwater is amazing :-)
a great shot)) and the creature.. i have never seen anything alike and the coloring makes it even more exciting!!
Awesome coloring! Creatures of the oceans continue to fascinate me.

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