Caption

Crown-of-thorns starfish damaging reef, Acanthaster placi, Ahe Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, Oceania

Date

Feb 25, 2020

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Reinhard Dirscherl

Reference

BRK24F30_469

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.2Mb (4.5Mb) / 18.7in x 12.5in / 5616 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

underwater underwater under water underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot Underwater scene deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty prick pricks spine spines atoll atolls Pacific Pacific Ocean island islands islet marine animal marine animals sea animal sea animals coral reef coral reefs Asteroidea Starfish Starfishes Sea star Sea stars wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife animal animals environmental pollution environmental pollution pollution pollution of the environment environmental contamination ecocide environmental destruction ecocides environment environment nature open air Sea Life wildlife fauna poisonous toxic underwater world underwater worlds Echinoderm Echinodermata Echinoderms prickly spiky spiny France environmental pollution ecological damage environmental pollutions reef reefs water animal water animals ocean oceans group of islands groups of islands archipelago island group island groups sea Polynesian Acanthaster planci Crown-of-thorns starfish Crown-of-thorns starfish environmental damage environmental damages ecological damage coral death coral death Coral bleaching wildlife photography wildlife photography environmental issue environmental issues French Polynesia French overseas territory French overseas territories polluting harmful to the environment Environmentally harmful Oceania Polynesia Australasia natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments Tuamotu Archipelago Tuamotus Tuamotu Islands Valvatida Valvatida