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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
20150921T224018Z
Location
Pacific Ocean, ESE of Johnston Atoll, Lone Cone
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana