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Description
Crown-of-thorns starfish. In certain regions of the Pacific Ocean thesestarfish have devastated reef communities although no recorded instances haveoccurred in Hawaii. Acanthaster planci. (Image credit: Dr. Dwayne Meadows)
Photographer
Dr. Dwayne Meadows
Display Date
2004 July
Location
Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Collection
Coral Kingdom
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA
NMFS
OPR
Keywords
Coral Reefs