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Early stage herbivorous crown-of-thorns starfish camouflaged against the coralline algae that it has been feeding on, with a recent feeding scar directly adjacent
© Daniel J. Schultz
Crown-of-thorns enhance their growth by switching diets early
Crown-of-thorns starfish are renowned for eating coral and destroying coral reefs - but when juvenile crown-of-thorns first settle in reef environments they start out by eating rock-hard coralline algae.