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A common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) hunting on maerl (a pink calcareous algae) as brittlestars flee. Note the path behind the sunstar, clear of brittlestars. Taken in April. Loch Carron, Ross and Comarty, Scotland, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean.
- black brittlestar: Ophiocomina nigra
- British Isles
- fg
- Loch Carron
- mearl
- Ross and Comarty
- Scotland
- sunstar: Crossaster papposus
- UK
- United Kingdom
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