Caption

Crown-of-thorns (Acanthaster planci), starfish, poisonous, eats stony corals, can destroy entire coral reefs when encountered en masse, Mahé, Seychelles, East Africa

Date

Sep 28, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Heinz Krimmer

Reference

BRK26A06_292

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26,9Mb (2,1Mb) / 11,8in x 8,9in / 3543 x 2657 (300dpi)

Keywords

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