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Field and Laboratory Observations of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci: Locomotory Response of Acanthaster planci to Various Species of Coral

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  2. Wrightsville Marine Bio-Medical Laboratory, 7205 Wrightsville Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401

    R. W. BRAUER & M. R. JORDAN

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BARNES, D., BRAUER, R. & JORDAN, M. Field and Laboratory Observations of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci: Locomotory Response of Acanthaster planci to Various Species of Coral. Nature 228, 342–344 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228342a0

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