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Under Attack! Closer-up look of this Comb Jelly - Coeloplana astericola feeding on the Sea Star.<br /> The string-like looking stuff is the defensive mechanism of the Sea Star, not sure how effective it is to ward off the Comb Jellies. Anilao,Batangas,Coeloplana astericola,Comb Jelly,Philippines Click/tap to enlarge

Under Attack!

Closer-up look of this Comb Jelly - Coeloplana astericola feeding on the Sea Star.
The string-like looking stuff is the defensive mechanism of the Sea Star, not sure how effective it is to ward off the Comb Jellies.

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The Coeloplana astericola

''Coeloplana astericola'', the creeping comb jelly, is a species of benthic comb jelly from the tropical western Indo-Pacific region that lives as an episymbiont on starfish such as ''Echinaster luzonicus''.

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Similar species: Platyctenida
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Jun 29, 2020. Captured May 7, 2019 08:51.
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  • TG-5
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO1250
  • 18mm