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Title: Gorgonian Spawning. Cayman Islands
Filename: CAY12_am-18627.jpg
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A detail shot of a black sea rod soft coral (Plexaura homomalla) spawning at night. This gorgonian can be seen releasing small, oval, white eggs from a couple of polyps. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- black sea rod: Plexaura homomalla
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- eggs
- Gorgonians: Gorgonacea
- Grand Cayman
- Holoxania
- Invertebrates
- macro
- Marine Life
- Plexauridae
- reproduction
- sex
- tropical
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