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Title: Boulder Star Coral Spawning. Cayman Islands.
Filename: CAY03_am-2935.jpg
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A sequence of three photos showing a colony of boulder star coral (lobed star coral: Montastraea annularis) spawning at night in late summer. The first photo shows the bundles of eggs and sperm set in the polyps of the coral prior to release. The second frame shows the simultaneous release of the bundles. The third frame show the bundles floating away from the coral. 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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