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⭐ Crown-of-thorns starfish are notorious for crunching down on coral reefs, and Aussie researchers believe that some of the starfish outbreaks could be due to overfishing of the predatory fish that eat them
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Crown-of-thorns starfish larvae feast on toxic cyanobacteria https://phys.org/news/2024-07-crown-thorns-starfish-larvae-feast.html
#CrownOfThornsStarfish complete their larval phase eating only nitrogen-fixing Trichodesmium #cyanobacteria https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado2682
"crown-of-thorns #starfish larvae grow and thrive when raised on an exclusive diet of #Trichodesmium—#bacteria that often float on the ocean's surface in large slicks."
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The #CrownOfThornsStarfish (COTS), notorious destroyer of #CoralReefs, reproduces exclusively in the summer. This study reveals seasonal changes in #COTS gene expression and new insights into circannual biological rhythms in tropical oceans #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3ylwe2y