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Title: Brittlestars On Spawning Coral. Cayman Islands
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Three ruby brittle stars (Ophioderma rubicundum) climb on top of a symmeterical brain coral (Diploria strigosa) as it spawns at night in late summer. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- Echinoderms: Echinodermata
- eggs
- Faviidae
- Faviina
- Grand Cayman
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- reproduction
- ruby brittle star: Ophioderma rubicundum
- Sea Stars: Asteroids: Asteroidea
- sex
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia
- symmeterical brain coral: Diploria strigosa
- tropical
- wide angle
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