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Title: Star Coral Spawning. Cayman Islands
Filename: CAY06_am-0660.jpg
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A colony of boulder star coral (lobed star coral: Montastraea annularis) spawning at night in late summer. This photo shows the start of synchronous release of bundles of eggs and sperm from the polyps of the coral as most opf the polyps still have bundles within them at this stage. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- boulder star coral: Montastrea annularis
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- coral reef
- eggs
- Grand Cayman
- reproduction
- sex
- tropical
- wide angle
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