Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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David Fleetham / Commensal / Periclimenes shrimp (Periclemenes soror), difficult to spot on surface of Large pincushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae). Hawaii.
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David Fleetham / Reticulated brittle star (Ophiocoma brevipes) on cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae), Hawaii.
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David Fleetham / Reticulated brittle star (Ophiocoma brevipes), and commensal shrimp (Periclemenes soror) on a cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae), Hawaii.
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Juergen Freund / Skin detail of Pin cushion sea star (Culcita novaguineae) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Star shaped Large pincushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Pin-cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea). Bali, Indonesia
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Sue Daly / Close up of skin pattern on Cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae) Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae) on reef bed, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae) on reef, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Pincushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae) on coral reef. Bali, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Large pincushion starfish (Culcita novaguinea) on reef wall. Andaman Sea, Thailand.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Large pincushion starfish {Culcita novaeguineae} Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Constantinos Petrinos / Large pincushion starfish {Culcita novaeguineae} Sulawesi, Indonesia
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David Fleetham / Hawaiian spotted flatworm (Pseudobiceros sp.), endemic to Hawaii, on a Large pincushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae).
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David Fleetham / Cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae), close up of skin, Hawaii
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Tony Wu / Female Cushion star (Culcita novaeguineae) spawning by climbing to top of reef to release eggs visible as cloud of tiny white dots. East China Sea, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Magnus Lundgren / Cushion star (Culcita novaeguineae), detail, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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David Fleetham / Commensal shrimp (Periclemenes soror) camouflaged on Cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguineae) Philippines.
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David Fleetham / Triton trumpet shell (Charonia tritonis) attacking a Cushion starfish, (Culcita novaeguineae) Hawaii. It will first drill into the seastar, vacuum the interior and then finally engulf the outer portio...