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University of Queensland

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Two-week old crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster sp.) larvae viewed under a florescence microscope. Such microscopes use UV (ultraviolet light) which causes the starfish larvae to glow blue and yellow and the microalgae food in their stomach to appear as pink/red dots.

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Corinne Lawson

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