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Title: Staghorn Coral Spawning. Cayman Islands
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Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) spawning at night in late summer. This photo is taken at the onset of the release of bundles of eggs and sperm, when most of the bundles are still set in the polyps and just a few are free and floating away. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- coral reef
- eggs
- Grand Cayman
- macro
- macrp
- reproduction
- sex
- staghorn coral: Acropora cervicornis
- tropical
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