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![Starfish -family Benthopectinidae, Cheiraster sp expn7562.jpg Starfish -family Benthopectinidae, Cheiraster sp](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expn7562.jpg)
Description
Starfish -family Benthopectinidae, Cheiraster sp. The large lump wasdiagnosed to be an infection caused by a parasitic barnacle.
Credit
NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 3.
Display Date
20160618T015417Z
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana