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Brittlestar
Photo: Brittlestar spread over coral
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A bright red brittlestar clings to a coral head in the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. Sea stars get their name from the five-armed varieties, but species exist that have 10, 20, even 40 arms
Photograph by Wolcott Henry

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