13776739 - This Yellow spotted guard crab (Trapezia flavopunctat) is pinching the tube feet of a crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster planci) in defense of its antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) home. It will not stop until it has driven away the intruder who will move on to a meal that is not so well defended; Hawaii, United States of America13776742 - This Hawaiian gregory (Stegastes marginatus) is nipping at a crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster planci) to drive it away from the antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) where it lives; Hawaii, United States of America71126350 - Goldring Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus, an endemic Hawaiian fish, positioned below antler coral Pocillopora eydouxi off the Kona coast, Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America71126369 - Antler coral Pocillopora eydouxi bleached white by the compounding effects of an El Nino with global warming photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
