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pl23_expn5745.jpg

Starfish wrapping its stomach around a bamboo coral

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Description

Starfish wrapping its stomach around a bamboo coral. Probably Hippasteriaimperialis as they seem to lack the spiky back of H. muscipula.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150921T223956Z

Location

Pacific Ocean, ESE of Johnston Atoll, Lone Cone

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2015 Hohonu Moana