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Title: Star Coral Prepares To Spawn. Cayman Islands.
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A mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata, previously Montastraea faveolata) preparing to spawn at night in late summer on a coral reef. Here the bundles of eggs and sperm set within the polyps prior to release. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- boulder star coral: Montastrea annularis
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- Faviidae
- Faviina
- Grand Cayman
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia
- tropical
- wide angle
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