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Sterechinus antarcticus (top) and the starfish Prania antarctica

Caught in the act! Photographic evidence of predation on the stalked crinoid by the urchin Sterechinus antarcticus (top) and the starfish Prania antarctica (bottom). At Admiralty seamount, around 600 m.

Credit: DTIS camera, NIWA/ IPY-CAML TAN0802