Crown-of-Thorns at End of Runway
Channel: Sean Anderson
Date: 30/07/2015

These crown-of-thorn (COT) starfish were harvested by someone worried about these suckers whacking the coral here inside the reef at the northern terminus of the runway on Aitutaki.  Simply stabbing or ripping up these prolific echinoderms will often boost their abundance via dispersing their propagules or regeneration from arm, etc. fragments.  Tossing them up on the beach to die and dry out in the tropical sun is the preferred way to kill these reef devastators.