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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), eating a deceased Globefish (Diodon nichthemerus). Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata). Photo taken under Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata). Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata). Photo taken under Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), feeding on a bed of mussels. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), feeding on a bed of mussels. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), feeding on a discarded food can. Photo taken under Rye Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), resting on a pylon beneath Rye Pier. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) amongst fire Coral. Also known as Linckia Starfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Diver observing a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci), feeding on Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci), feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), feeding on a bed of mussels. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), feeding on a bed of mussels. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Morninton Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Cushion Sea Stars (Oreaster reticulatus). Photo taken off Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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Cushion Sea Star (Oreaster reticulatus), feeding on a dead fish on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida, United States.
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Sunflower Seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides). Photo taken on a deep reef offshore Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Sunflower Seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and Short Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile), in the kelp forest in Browning Passage, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) in a rock pool. Also known as Linckia Starfish. Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
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Firebrick Seastar (Asterodiscides truncatus). Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.
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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci), showing detail of venomous spines and tube feet. Wounds from the spines can be very painful. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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Alconarian Coral, Sea Star and Crinoid Feather Star reef scene. Photo was taken off Rinca Island in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Spiny Sea Star (Gomophia egeria), on a colony of Green Tube Coral (Tubastrea micrantha). Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
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Close detail of the extended tube feet of a Fisher's Sea Star (Mithrodia fisheri). Photo taken in Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA.
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Close detail of the extended tube feet of a Fisher's Sea Star (Mithrodia fisheri). Photo taken in Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA.
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Diver observing a Sunflower Seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides). British Columbia, Canada.
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Sea Urchin (Possibly: Astropyga radiata). Bali, Indonesia
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Sea Urchin (Diadema palmeri). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Sea Urchin (Parasalenia gratiosa). Bali, Indonesia
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Detail of a Flower Sea Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus). Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin. This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling juvenile Cardinalfish sheltering within the spines of Sea Urchin (Possibly: Astropyga radiata). Bali, Indonesia
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Detail of Flower Sea Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus). Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin.This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Sea Urchin (Echinothrix calamaris). Bali, Indonesia
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Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata). Also known as Red Urchin and False Fire Urchin. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines.
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Sea Urchin (Echinothrix calamaris). Bali, Indonesia
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Sea Urchin (Echinothrix calamaris). Bali, Indonesia
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Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). This urchin has venom-tipped spines and can inflict a painful sting if handled. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Purple Sea Urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma). Found on sheltered and moderately exposed reefs throughout southern Australia, from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Queensland, including Tas, Australia
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Sea Urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma). Found on sheltered and moderately exposed reefs throughout southern Australia, from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Queensland, including Tas, Australia
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Flower Sea Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus). Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin.This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma ijimai). This sea urchin has venomous spines and able to inflict painful stings. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma ijimai). This sea urchin has venomous spines and able to inflict painful stings. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Flower Sea Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus). Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin.This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma ijimai). This sea urchin has venomous spines and able to inflict painful stings. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma ijimai) - close detail of stinging spines. This sea urchin has venomous spines and able to inflict painful stings. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Flower Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus) - close detail of stinging spines around the mouth. Also known as Toxic or Venomous Sea Urchin.This Urchin has sharp toxic spines and has caused fatalities. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
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