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Title: Backlit Coral Spawning. Cayman Islands
Filename: CAY12_am-18941.jpg
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A backlit photo of the synchronous spawning of a mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata, previously Montastraea faveolata) at night, in late summer, on a coral reef. 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
- eggs
- Faviidae
- Faviina
- Grand Cayman
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- reproduction
- sex
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia
- tropical
- wide angle
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