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pl23_expn2684.jpg

A large white sea star in close proximity to a pile of dead cup corals

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Description

A large white sea star in close proximity to a pile of dead cup corals. Thereare white appendages to the left of the large living cup coral. What are they?

Credit

NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard

Display Date

20140923T165959Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collections

Modern Expeditions

Our Deepwater Backyard 2014