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Title: Star Coral Spawning With Brittlestar. Cayman Islands.
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Mountainous star coral (Montastraea faveolata) spawning at night in late summer. This photo is taken at the onset of the synchronous release of bundles of eggs and sperm (when just the first two bundles have been released from the coral). Here a ruby brittlestar (Ophioderma iubicundum, only leg visible) has climbed on top of the coral ready to catch the nutrious bundles. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- boulder star coral: Montastraea annularis
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- coral reef
- eggs
- Grand Cayman
- macro
- macrp
- reproduction
- ruby brittlestar: Ophioderma iubicundum
- sex
- tropical
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