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Asset: 200006130214.tif
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 1000_01_01_01_
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: E. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay egg...
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Asset: 20020127D8954.JPG
Species: Pisaster giganteus
Common: Blue-spined seastar, Giant seastar
Syn.:
Range: Monterey Bay Aquarium
Tax.: Asteriidae > Forcipulatida > Asteroidea > Echinodermata
Note: F.
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Asset: 20020127D8975.JPG
Species: Hermissenda crassicornis
Common: Lynx nudibranch, Opalescent nudibranch, Aeolid
Syn.: n/a
Range: Kodiak Island, Alaska to Punta Eugenia, Mexico, Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico and Ja...
Tax.: Glaucidae > Aeolidina > Nudibranchia > Opisthobranchia > Gastropoda > Mollusca
Note: G.
KW: sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine snails
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Asset: 20020127D8976.JPG
Species: Diaulula nobilis (MacFarland, 1905)
Common: Sea Lemon nudibranch
Syn.: Peltodoris nobilis, Anisodoris nobilis
Range: West Coast of North America from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.
Tax.: Dorididae > Doridina > Nudibranchia
Note: G.
KW: sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine snails
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 200107010104.tif
Species: Lycaena heteronea
Common: Blue Copper, Sierra Blue
Syn.: n/a Caterpillar hosts: Wild buckwheat (Eriogonum species) in the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae)...
Range: British Columbia south and east through southcentral California, northern Arizona, and northern New ...
Tax.: Lycaenidae
Note: F++. Upper surface of male bright blue, with darker veins; female dull blue to dark brown with nume...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3220.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3232.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3236.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch caterpillar feeding on Asclepias speciosa
Syn.: n/a
Range: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Tax.:
Note: F. Warning coloration advertises the toxic content of the larva to potential predators. ...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_01_01_90.tif
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: E. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay egg...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_06_04_04.tif
Species: Paracyathus stearnsi
Common: Brown cup coral
Syn.: Paracyathus stearnsii
Range: Monterey, CA
Tax.: Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Zoantharia; Scleractinia; Caryophylliina; Caryophylliidae
Note: F
KW: kelp forest ecology, kelpforest inhabitants, California marine invertebrates
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_06_04_06.tif
Species: Pugettia producta
Common: Northern kelp crab
Syn.:
Range: Monterey, CA
Tax.: Majidae > Decapoda > Malacostraca > Crustacea
Note: F. Can reach a size of 9.3 cm; upper carapace usually olive or olive brown, lower surface may be red...
KW: crabs, kelp forest ecology, kelpforest inhabitants, California marine invertebrates
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_06_04_08.tif
Species: Laila cockerelli MacFarland, 1905
Common: Cockerell's Dorid nudibranch (with bat star, Asterina miniata)
Syn.: n/a
Range: West Coast of North America from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada to the southern of Baja ...
Tax.: Polyceridae > Doridacea > Nudibranchia
Note: E. This polycerid dorid reaches lengths of 26 mm and preys exclusively on the thinly encrusting, ora...
KW: sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine snails
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_06_04_12.tif
Species: Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
Common: Tube anemone
Syn.: n/a
Range: Monterey, CA
Tax.: Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Ceriantipatharia; Ceriantharia; Cerianthidae
Note: The favorite prey item of Dendronotus iris (Rainbow Nudibranch)
KW: kelp forest ecology, kelpforest inhabitants, California marine invertebrates
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1998_07_01_07_19.tif
Species: snorkeler over shallow coral
Common: removing plastic debris from a piece of elkhorn coral
Syn.:
Range: Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
Tax.:
Note: F
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Asset: 1998_07_01_07_20.tif
Species:
Common: Snorkeler over elkhorn coral
Syn.:
Range: Bahamas
Tax.:
Note: F.
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1998_07_01_05_07.tif
Species:
Common: Pillar Coral
Syn.:
Range: Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
Tax.:
Note: F.
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Asset: 2002_12_28_JD_8886.JPG
Species: Tubastraea coccinea
Common: Orange Cup Coral
Syn.: n/a
Range: Tropical Pacific Ocean
Tax.: Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Zoantharia; Scleractinia; Dendrophylliina; Dendrophylliidae
Note: F. Family Dendrophylliidae
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© Joseph Dougherty
Asset: 2003_05_13_JD_4283.TIF
Species: Malacosoma americanum
Common: Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Syn.:
Range: hardwood forests of North America
Tax.: Lasiocampidae (lappet moths)
Note: generally attack understory trees, particularly crabapple, wild cherry, and apple, but also will fee...
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Asset: 2003_05_13_JD_4284.TIF
Species: Malacosoma americanum
Common: Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Syn.:
Range: hardwood forests of North America
Tax.: Lasiocampidae (lappet moths)
Note: generally attack understory trees, particularly crabapple, wild cherry, and apple, but also will fee...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_05_29_JD_5605.TIF
Species: Culex sp.
Common: Mosquito biting my arm
Syn.: This is one of the vectors of West Nile Virus
Range:
Tax.:
Note: F
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Asset: 2003_05_29_JD_5606.TIF
Species: Culex sp.
Common: Mosquito biting my arm
Syn.: This is one of the vectors of West Nile Virus
Range:
Tax.:
Note: F
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1998_10_MRA1_P0042.TIF
Species: Dardanus sp. with Tridacna maxima
Common: Hermit crab with Giant Clam
Syn.:
Range: Society Islands, French Polynesia
Tax.:
Note: F.
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_07_07_JD_0119.jpg
Species: Latrodectus hesperus
Common: Western Black widow
Syn.: feeding on another spider
Range: Western USA
Tax.:
Note: F. Treatment for bites: nitro patch.
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Asset: 2003_07_07_JD_0122.jpg
Species: Latrodectus hesperus
Common: Western Black widow
Syn.: feeding on another spider
Range: Western USA
Tax.:
Note: F. Treatment for bites: nitro patch.
KW: venomous spiders, dangerous animals, common household pests
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0047.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0052.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0056.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Range: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Tax.: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_02_10_13.tif
Species: Asterina miniata
Common: Bat star
Syn.: Asterina miniatus, Patiria miniata
Range: Eastern Pacific, from low intertidal to sub-scuba depths.
Tax.: Asterinidae > Valvatida > Asteroidea > Echinodermata
Note: F. occasional in tidepools, common to abundant subtidally
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Asset: 1000_01_02_10_14.tif
Species: Asterina miniata
Common: Bat star
Syn.: Asterina miniatus, Patiria miniata
Range: Eastern Pacific, from low intertidal to sub-scuba depths.
Tax.: Asterinidae > Valvatida > Asteroidea > Echinodermata
Note: F. occasional in tidepools, common to abundant subtidally
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2000_10_01_06_07.tif
Species: Urticina piscivora
Common: fish-eating anemone
Syn.: Taelia piscivora
Range: Polar seas to La Jolla, CA -- Temperate Eastern Pacific Ocean
Tax.:
Note: size: up to 20 cm in diameter
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Asset: 2000_10_01_06_08.tif
Species: Urticina piscivora
Common: fish-eating anemone
Syn.: Taelia piscivora
Range: Polar seas to La Jolla, CA -- Temperate Eastern Pacific Ocean
Tax.:
Note: size: up to 20 cm in diameter
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2000_11_02_07_09.jpg
Species: Dendronotus iris, Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
Common: Rainbow nudibranch feeding on tube anemone
Syn.: n/a
Range: Eastern temperate Pacific Ocean
Tax.: Nudibranchia
Note: E. Monterey Bay
KW: sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine snails
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2000_11_02_07_10.jpg
Species: Dendronotus iris, Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
Common: Rainbow nudibranch feeding on tube anemone
Syn.: n/a
Range: Eastern temperate Pacific Ocean
Tax.: Nudibranchia
Note: E. Monterey Bay
KW: sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine snails
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0001.jpg
Species: Parides iphidamas
Common: Transandean butterfly, Pink Cattleheart
Syn.: n/a A number of geographical subspecies are considered valid.
Range: Mexico to NW South America
Tax.: Papilioninae > Papilionidae
Note: F. Larval food: Aristolochiaceae. A number of species mimic the appearance of this genus as they ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0002.jpg
Species: Parides iphidamas
Common: Transandean butterfly, Pink Cattleheart
Syn.: n/a A number of geographical subspecies are considered valid.
Range: Mexico to NW South America
Tax.: Papilioninae > Papilionidae
Note: F. Larval food: Aristolochiaceae. A number of species mimic the appearance of this genus as they ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0009.jpg
Species: Parides iphidamas
Common: Transandean butterfly, Pink Cattleheart
Syn.: n/a A number of geographical subspecies are considered valid.
Range: Mexico to NW South America
Tax.: Papilioninae > Papilionidae
Note: F. Larval food: Aristolochiaceae. A number of species mimic the appearance of this genus as they ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0036.jpg
Species: Parides iphidamas
Common: Transandean butterfly, Pink Cattleheart
Syn.: n/a A number of geographical subspecies are considered valid.
Range: Mexico to NW South America
Tax.: Papilioninae > Papilionidae
Note: F. Larval food: Aristolochiaceae. A number of species mimic the appearance of this genus as they ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0047.jpg
Species: Heliconius sp.
Common: Heliconius butterfly
Syn.: unknown
Range: Latin America
Tax.: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F.
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0056.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Range: widespread throughout Latin America
Tax.: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0066.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Range: widespread throughout Latin America
Tax.: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0109.jpg
Species: Morpho peleides
Common: Blue Morpho butterfly in flight
Syn.:
Range: Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad
Tax.: Lepidoptera: Morphidae
Note: F. Morpho butterflies are prized by butterfly collectors, due to the bright iridescent blue color ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0110.jpg
Species: Morpho peleides
Common: Blue Morpho butterfly in flight
Syn.:
Range: Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad
Tax.: Lepidoptera: Morphidae
Note: F. Morpho butterflies are prized by butterfly collectors, due to the bright iridescent blue color ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0123.tif
Species: Morpho peleides
Common: Blue Morpho butterfly (inflight, feeding at Justicia sp.)
Syn.:
Range: Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad
Tax.: Lepidoptera: Morphidae
Note: F. Morpho butterflies are prized by butterfly collectors, due to the bright iridescent blue color ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0131.jpg
Species: Morpho peleides
Common: Blue Morpho butterfly resting on foliage (partially opened wings)
Syn.:
Range: Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad
Tax.: Lepidoptera: Morphidae
Note: F. Morpho butterflies are prized by butterfly collectors, due to the bright iridescent blue color ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0135.jpg
Species: Morpho peleides
Common: Blue Morpho butterfly resting on foliage (dead-leaf camouflage)
Syn.:
Range: Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad
Tax.: Lepidoptera: Morphidae
Note: F. Morpho butterflies are prized by butterfly collectors, due to the bright iridescent blue color ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0144.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Range: Central America
Tax.:
Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0146.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Range: Central America
Tax.:
Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0150.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Range: Central America
Tax.:
Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0151.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly (male)
Syn.:
Range: Central America
Tax.:
Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0155.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly (male)
Syn.:
Range: Central America
Tax.:
Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0188.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Range: widespread throughout Latin America
Tax.: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0191.jpg
Species: Myscelia cyaniris
Common: Banded Purple Wing, Blue Wave Butterfly
Syn.: n/a
Range: Belize to Ecuador
Tax.: Nymphalidae
Note: F. The sparkling colors only show through at just the right refractive angle... otherwise the win...
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Asset: 1999_09_03_01_03.tif
Species: Acanthaster planci
Common: Crown-of-Thorns seastar
Syn.:
Range: Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji; Found throughout the Indo-Pacific
Tax.: Acanthasteridae > Valvatida > Asteroidea > Echinodermata
Note: E. A predator of hard corals. Sometimes occurs in epidemic proportions, a phenomenon well documente...
KW: coral predators, coral reef destruction, seastar, sea star, star fish
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Asset: 1999_09_03_01_04.jpg
Species: Acanthaster planci
Common: Crown-of-Thorns seastar, Red seafan with crinoid
Syn.:
Range: Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji; Found throughout the Indo-Pacific
Tax.: Acanthasteridae > Valvatida > Asteroidea > Echinodermata
Note: E. A predator of hard corals. Sometimes occurs in epidemic proportions, a phenomenon well documente...
KW: coral predators, coral reef destruction, seastar, sea star, star fish
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