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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

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A Crown of Thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, feeds on several species of Montipora corals. The image was taken off the coast of Okinawa near Sesoko Island.

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Yuna Zayasu, Postdoctoral Scholar in the OIST Marine Genomics Unit

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