Spine-covered brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp.) crawings among the long tentacles of a coral on a reef. This genus is commonly found on shallow coral reefs

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Spine-covered brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp.) crawings among the long tentacles of a coral on a reef. This genus is commonly found on shallow coral reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Photographed in Indonesia

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