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#23 - Thorny Predator - As a crown of thorns starfish feeds on Pocillopora (cauliflower coral), the stressed coral - and its associated microorganisms - releases a layer of jelly-like mucus, seen here in the line of bubbles suspended in the no-man's-land between coral and starfish. Submitted by: Laura Lardinois