A group of crown of thorn starfish, Acanthaster planci, feeding and destroying the coral reef. Damanged patches of white coral can be seen where the s

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A group of crown of thorn starfish, Acanthaster planci, feeding and destroying the coral reef. Damanged patches of white coral can be seen where the seastars have fed. Photographed at Pilongga East, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

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Keywords: acanthaster, acanthasteridae, biology, blue, branching, coral, crown, damage, destruction, devouring, east, eleven, halmahera, hard, indonesia, islands, maluku, pilongga, planci, reef, spines, starfish, thorns, underwater, zoology