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Crown-of-thorns Starfish
Spiny coral scourge of Indo-Pacific reefs
Order Valvatida
Valvatida is a taxonomic order in the class Asteroidea. Global Animal Guide profiles one of its members: Crown-of-thorns Starfish.
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