Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are relentless feeders on nearly all species of coral within Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Each starfish can reach 1 metre in diameter and eat 10 square metres ...

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Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again flourishing along the Great Barrier Reef. Symon Dworjanyn is a professor of marine ecology at Southern Cross university. "Crown-of-thorns starfish ...

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. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Giant triton (snail) -> Crown-of-thorns starfish -> Hard coral One of the few predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish, the giant triton (Charonia tritonis) has evolved a tolerance to the ...

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An aggregation of crown-of-thorns starfish feeding on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef A crown-of-thorns starfish feeding on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef Crown-of-thorns starfish ...

Small crabs could be the invisible force controlling crown-of-thorns starfish, according to a new study from multiple Australian research institutes. The paper, published in scientific journal ...

Staghorn corals are also vulnerable to certain predators, like the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), which have proliferated since the 1970s. In large numbers, crown-of-thorns ...

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Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While we know ...