Luzon starfish and soft coral reef

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Coral reef with soft corals (order Alcyonacea) and a Luzon starfish (Echinaster luzonicus). Luzon starfish are able to completely regrow lost limbs, and as a result can be found with between 4 and 6 arms. Photographed in Triton Bay, Kaimana Region, West Papua, Indonesia.

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