Crown of thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci.
Crown of thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci (Asterias echinoides). Based on an example in the Leverian Museum, London. Copied from Shaw and Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, 1801. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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