Spines of a cushion starfish. This is a Pentaceraster cushion starfish (Pentaceraster alveolatus). Photographed off the island of Malapascua in the pr

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Spines of a cushion starfish. This is a Pentaceraster cushion starfish (Pentaceraster alveolatus). Photographed off the island of Malapascua in the province of Cebu in the Philippines.

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Photo credit: © GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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