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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.
Photographer
Dr. Dwayne Meadows
Display Date
2004 July
Location
Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Collection
Coral Kingdom
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA
NMFS
OPR
Keywords
Coral Reefs