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Figure 4. — A. Acanthaster ellisii in feeding posture on the cliff wall at the Pink Cliff study area. Several of 

 the numerous small Pontes californica encrustations are indicated by the arrows. The two small coralla in 

 the upper left show damage more characteristic of fishes than of Acanthaster. B. The same specimen 

 pulled back to expose the Porites nodule (indicated by the arrow) on which it was feeding. 



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